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Leonel Brizola

1922 - 2004

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Leonel de Moura Brizola (22 January 1922 – 21 June 2004) was a Brazilian politician. Launched into politics by Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas in the 1930–1950s, Brizola was the only politician to serve as elected governor of two Brazilian states. An engineer by training, Brizola organized the youth wing of the Brazilian Labour Party and served as state representative for Rio Grande do Sul and mayor of its capital, Porto Alegre. In 1958 he was elected governor of Rio Grande do Sul and subsequently played a major role in thwarting a first coup attempt by sectors of the armed forces, who wished to prevent João Goulart from assuming the presidency following the resignation of Jânio Quadros in August 1961, under allegations of communist ties. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonel Brizola is the 13,953rd most popular politician (down from 13,712th in 2019), the 478th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 481st in 2019) and the 60th most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leonel Brizola ranks 13,953 out of 19,576. Before him are Eric Shinseki, Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche, Miroslav of Croatia, Casimir Oyé-Mba, Alfredo Copello, and Ariobarzanes of Phrygia. After him are Amrullah Saleh, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Juan Bautista Gill, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, and Alfred Gusenbauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Leonel Brizola ranks 270. Before him are Juan Antonio Villacañas, Jock Stein, William Gaddis, Károly Németh, Hal Clement, and China Zorrilla. After him are Ruby Dee, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Charles Gérard, Lizabeth Scott, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, and Ingvar Rydell. Among people deceased in 2004, Leonel Brizola ranks 194. Before him are Janet Akyüz Mattei, Jacek Kuroń, Gerrie Knetemann, Kenneth E. Iverson, Bryce DeWitt, and Philip Arthur Fisher. After him are Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Bagrat Shinkuba, Eddie Adams, Claude Nougaro, Shirley Strickland, and Rodney Dangerfield.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Leonel Brizola ranks 478 out of 2,236. Before him are Marinho Peres (1947), Ana Maria Machado (1941), Alcindo (1945), Eliane Giardini (1952), Zezé Procópio (1913), and Talisca (1994). After him are José Augusto Brandão (1911), Oswaldo de Oliveira (1950), Carlos Alberto Silva (1939), Fernando Giudicelli (1906), Heitor Canalli (1910), and Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Leonel Brizola ranks 60. Before him are Carlos María de Alvear (1789), Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918), Jaime Lerner (1937), Marina Silva (1958), Júlio Prestes (1882), and Clodovil Hernandes (1937). After him are Ruy Barbosa (1849), José Serra (1942), José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1845), Paulo Maluf (1931), Pedro Diniz (1970), and José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819).

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