Dilma Rousseff
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Her Excellency Dilma Rousseff |
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| 36th President of Brazil | |
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In office 1 January 2011 – 31 August 2016 |
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| Vice President | Michel Temer |
| Preceded by | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Succeeded by | Michel Temer |
| Chief of Staff of the Presidency | |
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In office 21 June 2005 – 31 March 2010 |
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| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | José Dirceu |
| Succeeded by | Erenice Guerra |
| Minister of Mines and Energy | |
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In office 1 January 2003 – 21 June 2005 |
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| President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Preceded by | Francisco Luiz Sibut Gomide |
| Succeeded by | Silas Rondeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Dilma Vana Rousseff 14 December 1947 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Political party |
Democratic Labor (Before 2001) Workers' (2001–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Cláudio Galeno Linhares (1967–1969); divorced Carlos Paixão de Araújo (1969–2000); divorced |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater |
Federal University of Minas Gerais Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul University of Campinas |
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| Website | Official website |
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Presidential styles of Dilma Rousseff |
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| Reference style |
Excelentíssima Senhora Presidenta da República "Her Most Excellent Madam President of the Republic" |
| Spoken style |
Presidenta da República "President of the Republic" |
| Alternative style |
Senhora Presidenta "Madam President" |
Dilma Vana Rousseff (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒiwmɐ ˈvãnɐ ʁuˈsɛf(i)]; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th President of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first woman to hold that office. She was previously the Chief of Staff of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010.
The daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant, Rousseff was raised in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte. She became a socialist in her youth and after the 1964 coup d'état joined left-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff was captured, tortured, and jailed from 1970 to 1972.
After her release, Rousseff rebuilt her life in Porto Alegre with Carlos Araújo, who would be her husband for 30 years. Both helped found the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) in Rio Grande do Sul, and participated in several of the party's electoral campaigns. She became the treasury secretary of Porto Alegre under Alceu Collares, and later the Secretary of Energy of Rio Grande do Sul under both Collares and Olívio Dutra. In 2000, after an internal dispute in the Dutra cabinet, she left the PDT and joined the Workers' Party (PT).
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