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Dilma Rousseff

portrait of Dilma Rousseff

Photo: Roberto Stuckert Filho/Presidência da República, Attribution — Source

Politics South America 21st

Brazilian politician and economist who served as the 36th President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016, the first woman to hold the office. As a young woman, she joined the armed resistance against Brazil's military dictatorship and was imprisoned and tortured for nearly three years. She later built a career in public administration and energy policy before being chosen as Lula da Silva's successor. She was impeached in 2016 on charges of fiscal irregularities, a process she and her supporters called a political coup. She subsequently served as president of the New Development Bank (BRICS bank).

Source: Brazilian Federal Government