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Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Vargas was a Brazilian politician from Rio Grande do Sul who took power in the Revolution of 1930. He ruled as provisional and then constitutional president, and in 1937 proclaimed the authoritarian Estado Novo, centralising government, promoting industry and introducing labour laws. Deposed by the army in 1945, he was elected president in 1950 and shot himself in the presidential palace in 1954 during a political crisis.
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