João Goulart

Son to farmer Vicente Goulart and his wife Vicentina, João Goulart was born in 1918 in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul. Graduated from law school in 1939, he was elected state congressman in 1946 and national congressman in 1950. In 1953, Vargas, who was once again president, named Jango minister of labor, position from which he was sacked in ...