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Jânio da Silva Quadros (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɐ̃niu dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈkwadɾus] ⓘ; 25 January 1917 – 16 February 1992) [1] was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd president of Brazil from 31 January to 25 August 1961, when he resigned from office. He also served as the 24th and 36th mayor of São Paulo, and the ...
The Military Governor of the Azores, until 22 August 1975, he was selected to preside over the Junta Governativa dos Açores (Governing Junta of the Azores), a commission that developed the Azorean autonomy statute. This commission became extinct with the first duly elected legislature and appointed government of the Azores.
Janismo is defined by the electoral campaign promises and government actions under Jânio Quadros' presidency. The main goal of the ideology is to combat corruption. [3] It is characterized as right-wing populism making opposition to Getulismo and Peronism. The difference between Jânismo and Vargas' Getulismo was in the way their policies ...
Quadros' victory was the largest of any free election in Brazilian history at the time; the 16 percent margin of victory would remain a record until Fernando Henrique Cardoso won by 27 points in 1994. The election marked the first time in 31 years that the presidency had not been won by an heir to the legacy of Getúlio Vargas.
The 2024 Azorean regional election was held on 4 February 2024, [2] to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.The election replaced all 57 members of the Azores Assembly, and the new members would then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.
The meetings included several Azorean representatives and resulted in Decree-Law N.º 458-B/75 on August 22, which established the political entities of the archipelago. The Regional Council of the Azores (Junta Regional dos Açores), was created on August 22, 1975 and assumed its functions in September. It was composed of representatives from ...
The PTN was formed in 1945 by people linked to the Ministry of Labour who were seeking to create a trade union movement independent of Getúlio Vargas's PTB. [1] Among its early members was the samba artist Paulo da Portela, [2] who was never elected to any political office before his relatively early death in 1949.
The Legality Campaign (Portuguese: Campanha da Legalidade; also known as Legalidade) was a civil and military mobilization in 1961 to ensure the inauguration of João Goulart as President of Brazil, overturning the veto of the Armed Forces' ministers to the legal succession of president Jânio Quadros, who had resigned, to then vice president Goulart.