Plínio Salgado
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Plínio Salgado
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| Born |
January 22, 1895 São Bento do Sapucaí, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | December 8, 1975 (aged 80) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Author, politician, journalist, and theologian |
| Title | Federal deputy |
| Term | 1958–1974 |
| Political party | Brazilian Integralist Action |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Amélia Pereira (1918–1919) (her death) Carmela Patti Salgado (1934–1975) (his death) |
Plínio Salgado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈplĩɲu sawˈɡadu]; January 22, 1895 – December 8, 1975) was a Brazilian politician, writer, journalist, and theologian. He founded and led the Brazilian Integralist Action, a far-right political party inspired on the Italian Fascist movement.
Initially a supporter of the dictatorship led by Getúlio Vargas, he was later persecuted and exiled in Portugal for promoting uprisings against the government. After his return, he launched the Party of Popular Representation, and was elected to represent Paraná in the Chamber of Deputies in 1958, being re-elected in 1962, this time to represent São Paulo. He was also a candidate in the 1955 presidential election, securing 8.28% of the votes. After the 1964 coup d'état, which led to the extinction of political parties, he joined the National Renewal Alliance Party, obtaining two terms in the Chamber of Deputies. He retired from politics in 1974, just a year before his death.
Born in the small conservative town of São Bento do Sapucaí in the São Paulo state, Plínio Salgado was the son of Colonel Francisco das Chagas Salgado, a local political leader, and Ana Francisca Rennó Cortez, a teacher. A very active child at school, he had special interest for mathematics and geometry. After the loss of his father, at the age of 16 – a fact that is said to have made him a bitter young man –, his interests shifted towards psychology and philosophy.
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