Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff is a Brazilian politician who served as president from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office in 2016.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: A Brazilian politician who served as president from 2003 to 2010 and again from 2023. Lula selected Rousseff as his successor and backed her first presidential campaign.
Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff: The 2016 Brazilian Senate proceeding that convicted President Dilma Rousseff and removed her from office. This proceeding ended Rousseff’s presidency and defined the central institutional crisis of her term.
Brazilian military dictatorship: The authoritarian regime that ruled Brazil from the 1964 coup until the transition to civilian government in 1985. Rousseff’s resistance activity and imprisonment took place under this regime.
Brazilian political crisis of 2014–2016: A period of economic recession, corruption investigations, mass protests, and institutional conflict in Brazil. The crisis weakened Rousseff’s coalition and formed the political backdrop to her impeachment.
Parliamentary coup: A contested label for a change of government carried out through formally legal parliamentary procedures. Rousseff’s supporters used this term to argue that impeachment lacked a legitimate basis.
Michel Temer: A Brazilian politician who served as vice president and became president after Rousseff’s removal in 2016. Temer succeeded Rousseff after the impeachment vote removed her from office.
Fiscal responsibility law: Brazil’s 2000 law that sets rules for public spending, borrowing, and fiscal accountability. The impeachment charge alleged violations of this law through delayed payments and budget decrees.
VAR-Palmares: A Brazilian left-wing organization that opposed the military dictatorship and engaged in armed resistance. Rousseff joined the organization during her opposition to the dictatorship.
Operation Car Wash: A Brazilian corruption investigation launched in 2014 that uncovered extensive bribery and money laundering networks. Its revelations destabilized the political environment during Rousseff’s second term, though she was not convicted in the investigation.
Presidentialism: A system of government in which a separately elected president serves as head of state and government. Brazil’s presidential system made congressional coalition support essential to Rousseff’s ability to govern.

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