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Let’s take a look at the life of former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
birthday: December 14, 1947
Birthplace: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Birth name: Dilma Vana Rusev
father: Pedro Rusev, construction entrepreneur
mother: Dilma Jane (da Silva) Rousseff, Teacher
marriage: Carlos Araujo (1973-2000, divorced); Claudio Galeno Linhares (1968-early 1970s, divorced)
Children: Carlos Araujo with: Paula, 1976
education: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Bachelor of Economics, 1977
Prior to running for president, she had never run for elected office.
He was allegedly imprisoned and tortured in the early 1970s after taking part in resistance to a military dictatorship.
Through the “Luz Para Todos” (Light for All) program, Rousseff democratized Brazil’s power sector and made it widely available in rural areas.
1986- Finance secretary of the city of Porto Alegre.
2003- Appointed Minister of Mines and Energy by President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.
2003-2010- Chairman of Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company.
From June 2005 to March 2010 Lula da Silva’s Chief of Staff.
From April 2009 He was diagnosed with stage 1 lymphoma and started treatment. By September, she was declared cancer-free.
From October 31, 2010 She won the runoff and became Brazil’s first female president.
From September 21, 2011 She becomes the first female leader to launch the annual UN General Assembly debate.
2011 – Corruption allegations are the basis for her dismissal of six ministers in her first year in office. As a result of the scandal, from June to December, her chief of staff, the minister for tourism, agriculture, transport, sports and labor, and 20 transport officials resigned.
From September 17, 2013 The United States and Brazil have jointly agreed to postpone Rousseff’s official visit to Washington next month due to a dispute over reports that the U.S. government was spying on her communications.
From September 24, 2013 In her address to the United Nations General Assembly, Rusev has spoken out about allegations that the US National Security Agency was spying on her. “This falsification of the lives and affairs of another country is a violation of international law and, as such, an affront to the principles that should govern relations between nations, especially those between friendly nations.”
2014 – Petrobras Executives Unlawfully Accused ‘Divert’ billions of dollars from company accounts For personal use or payment to government officials. Rusev was chairman of Petrobras for years during which alleged corruption took place. She denies her knowledge of her corruption.
From October 26, 2014 re-elected as president.
From December 2, 2015 A move to impeach Rusev was launched by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Eduardo Cunha. Rusev has been accused of hiding her budget deficit to win her 2014 re-election, and her opponents hold her responsible for her worst recession in decades. .
From April 17, 2016 A total of 367 members of the lower house of the Brazilian parliament voted to impeach Rousseff, well above the two-thirds majority required by law. The impeachment motion is then sent to the Senate.
From May 12, 2016 The Brazilian Senate votes 55 to 22 to initiate an impeachment trial against Rusev. Rousseff will step down for 180 days and Vice President Michel Temer will serve as interim president pending trial.
From August 4, 2016 The Brazilian Senate’s impeachment committee voted in favor of the suspended president’s trial in front of a full Senate chamber after a final report concluded there were reasons to formally proceed with Rousseff’s dismissal.
From August 25, 2016 Rusev’s impeachment trial begins.
From August 31, 2016 Brazil’s Senate voted 61-20 to remove Rousseff from office.
From September 5, 2017 Corruption charges were filed against Rusev, her predecessor Lula da Silva, and six Workers’ Party members. They have been accused of running a criminal organization to divert funds from the state oil company Petrobras. The charges relate to Operation Car Wash, a long-running money laundering investigation conducted by the Brazilian government. Lula da Silva, Rusev and the Workers’ Party deny the allegations.
From October 7, 2018 Rusev only gets 15% of the senator votes in the general election.
