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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.
In 1998, then President Fernando Henrique Cardoso became the first president of Brazil to be reelected for an immediately consecutive term. In 2003, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was inaugurated. He was reelected in 2006. In 2011, Dilma Rousseff became Brazil's first woman president.
The first inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as the 36th president of Brazil took place on Saturday, January 1, 2011. This inauguration marked the beginning of the four-year term of Dilma Rousseff as President and Michel Temer as Vice President. The event had been awaited with some expectation, since Rousseff became the first woman in the history ...
Rousseff after being elected Brazil's first female president on 31 October 2010. In the first round of elections on 3 October, Dilma received more than 47 million votes and became the most voted woman in the Americas.
President Rousseff travelled to Sweden for an official visit. President Rousseff met with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden at the Stockholm Palace. She also met with representatives from the city of Stockholm and took part in a business forum. [43] Finland: Helsinki: 19–20 October
President Dilma Rousseff of the left-wing Workers' Party ran for reelection, choosing incumbent Vice President Michel Temer of the centre-right Brazilian Democratic Movement as her running-mate. During her first term, Rousseff's presidency was rocked by the 2013 protests in Brazil , initiated mainly by the Free Fare Movement , in response to ...