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The history of women in politics Brazil's former President Dilma Rousseff, wearing a blue jacket, speaks into a microphone with one finger raised during an election campaign rally, with flowers blurred in the background. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff leans from a vehicle to greet supporters at a crowded campaign rally, with people holding red and white Workers' Party signs in the background. Large crowd of demonstrators in yellow and green shirts hold Brazilian flags and banners demanding impeachment, protesting against President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil. Suspended President Dilma Rousseff, far right, testifies at a long desk on the Senate floor in Brasilia during her 2016 impeachment trial, with officials and lawyers seated beside her. Crowd of demonstrators in Sao Paulo with large inflatable dolls of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison garb and Dilma Rousseff as a thief with an "Impeachment" sash.
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President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff speaking at a podium, wearing a light blue jacket and gold necklace, with two microphones in front of her.
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Dilma Rousseff

president of Brazil
Also known as: Dilma Vana Rousseff
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Dilma Rousseff (born December 14, 1947, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian politician who in 2011 became Brazil’s first female president. She was reelected in 2014 but impeached and removed from office in 2016. Rousseff was raised in an upper-middle-class household. Her father was a lawyer who immigrated to Brazil from Bulgaria, and her mother was a teacher. In 1964 Brazil’s president was overthrown by a coalition of civilian and military officials, and the teenage...

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