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Dilma Vana Rousseff (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒiwmɐ ˈvɐ̃nɐ 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. [1] She is the only woman to have held the Brazilian presidency. [2]
Dilma receives the presidential sash from Lula da Silva on 1 January 2011. Dilma took office as president of Brazil on 1 January 2011. The inauguration event – which was organized by her transition team, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence and the Presidency of the Republic – was expected with anticipation, as she was the first woman to preside over the country.
The Senate found President Dilma Rousseff guilty of responsibility crimes and administrative misconduct regarding the federal budget and removed her from office after a vote of 61–20 on 31 August 2016. [11] In a separate vote on whether she should be barred from public office for eight years, senators voted 42–36 in favor.
Dilma Rousseff in an interview for Jornal Nacional, alongside journalist William Bonner, in 2011 According to Folha de S. Paulo , Onésimo das Graças Sousa, a retired delegate from the Federal Police , claimed to have participated in a meeting with the coordinators of Rousseff's election campaign to create a dossier against fellow candidate ...
After the 2010 election, Dilma Rousseff became the first woman to be President of Brazil. Her cabinet was unveiled in November 2010. Her cabinet was unveiled in November 2010. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A second cabinet was formed after the 2014 election .
The Social Christian Party departed from the Rousseff administration in January 2014 in order to launch the candidacy of Pastor Everaldo, who, unlike Dilma, had a strong neoliberal stance, promising to privatize Petrobras. [8] Another Christian party, the PTC, decided to support Aécio Neves' Brazil Can Do More coalition, [9] as did the PTN.
President Rousseff arrives at the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, on 3 November 2011. This is a list of international presidential trips made by Dilma Rousseff , the 36th President of Brazil. During her presidency, which began with her inauguration on 1 January 2011 and ended with her impeachment on 31 August 2016 , Rousseff visited 24 countries ...
In the first round of voting, Dilma Rousseff won 41.6% of the vote, ahead of Aécio Neves with 33.6% and Marina Silva with 21.3%. [7] Rousseff and Neves contested the runoff on 26 October, and Rousseff won re-election by a narrow margin, 51.6% to Neves' 48.4%, the closest margin for a Brazilian presidential election since 1989. [8]