Michel Temer
Michel Temer is a Brazilian politician who served as president of Brazil from 2016 to 2018, after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.
Dilma Rousseff: Dilma Rousseff is a Brazilian politician who served as president from 2011 until her impeachment in 2016. Her removal from office made Temer, then vice president, Brazil’s president.
Brazilian political crisis of 2014–2016: A period of economic recession, corruption investigations, mass protests, and political conflict in Brazil. The crisis weakened Rousseff’s government and reshaped the coalition that brought Temer to power.
Brazilian labor reform of 2017: A 2017 Brazilian law that revised labor rules, including collective bargaining and employment arrangements. It became one of Temer’s signature reforms and a major source of political dispute.
Presidentialism in Brazil: Brazil’s system of government, in which an elected president leads the executive alongside a multiparty legislature. Temer relied on congressional bargaining to govern within Brazil’s fragmented presidential system.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a Brazilian politician who served as president from 2003 to 2010 and again from 2023. Temer’s government broke with the Workers’ Party coalition that Lula had led.
Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff: The 2016 removal of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff through an impeachment process over budgetary maneuvers. Temer became acting president during the trial and president after Rousseff’s removal.
Brazilian pension reform debate: A prolonged political debate over changing Brazil’s public pension system and retirement rules. Temer made pension reform a central goal, but Congress did not approve his proposed overhaul.
Dilma Rousseff presidency: The period from 2011 to 2016 when Dilma Rousseff held Brazil’s presidency. Rousseff’s policy agenda and coalition breakdown contrasted with Temer’s program and congressional alliances.
Eduardo Cunha: Eduardo Cunha is a Brazilian politician who served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 2015 to 2016. As chamber president, Cunha accepted the impeachment petition against Rousseff.
Brazilian Democratic Movement: A Brazilian political party founded in 1980, known for its broad membership and role in governing coalitions. Temer’s party supplied his political base and many members of his administration.