Dilma Rousseff was born on 14 December 1947 in Belo Horizonte. A Brazilian economist and politician, Rousseff took part as a young woman in armed resistance to the military dictatorship, was arrested in 1970 and imprisoned and tortured for almost three years. After the return of democracy she held senior posts in the government of Rio Grande do Sul and then served as energy minister and chief of staff to President Lula da Silva. In 2010 she was elected Brazil's first female president and won a second term in 2014. The economy weakened, corruption scandals around the state oil company Petrobras emerged and she was impeached in 2016 for breaking budget rules, which she and her supporters called a coup. In 2023 she became president of the New Development Bank.
Before and after
- from 30 November 1947 to 20 July 19491948 Palestine war
- December 1947Transistor
- 6 December 1947Establishment of Everglades National Park
- 14 December 1947Construction of Bernabéu
- 14 December 1947Birth of Dilma Rousseff
- 1948Origins of Nippon Professional Baseball
- 1948Founding of Organization of American States
- 1948Founding of International Maritime Organization
- 1948Nakba
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- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 15 June 1954Founding of Union of European Football Associations
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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