Juscelino kubitschek critical analyses
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Juscelino Kubitschek
21st President of Brazil
Raphael Dourado Gonçalves
Dr. habil. Heidrich Balázs
Biography
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira descended from a family with relations in political circles of Minas Gerais. He was educated as doctor at the Faculty of
Medicine of Belo Horizonte receiving his degree in December 1927.
Working in a Belo Horizonte hospital, Kubitschek was successful in his second marriage to Sara Gomes de Lemos (30 Dec 1931), a member of Minas
Gerais political elite. He won a public recognition rendering medical services to the government troops suppressing the Constitutionalist Revolution in São
Paulo (1932) and was nominated (1933) chief of staff in the government of
Minas Gerais.
In 1934 Kubitschek joined the Progressive Party of Minas Gerais (Partido
Progressista de Minas Gerais) and assumed the party secretaryship. He was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies (1935-1937), dissolved by Getúlio
Dorneles Vargas on 10 Nov 1937. Kubitschek returned to his medical practice and became prefect of Belo Horizonte (1940-1945). He was active in organizing the Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrático, PSD)
(1945),
which
supported
the
candidacy
of
General Eurico
Gaspar
Dutra at presidential elections of 2 Dec 1945.
After his election (2 Dec 1945) to the Constituent Assembly, Kubitschek again was a member of the federal Chamber of Deputies from 1946 to 1950. In
1951 Kubitschek won the election of governor of the State of Minas Gerais, a position he held for the next four years (31 Jan 1951 - 31 Mar 1955), which enabled him to be a favorite of the presidential election on 3 Oct 1955. Elected on a platform of economic reform, Kubitschek favored rapid development of industries and foreign investments.
On 30 Sep 1957, he signed a law moving the national capital to a new city,
Brasília, which was to be built in the Goiás highlands. This ambitious project
Juscelino Kubitschek
21st President of Brazil
Raphael Dourado Gonçalves
Dr. habil. Heidrich Balázs
Biography
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira descended from a family with relations in political circles of Minas Gerais. He was educated as doctor at the Faculty of
Medicine of Belo Horizonte receiving his degree in December 1927.
Working in a Belo Horizonte hospital, Kubitschek was successful in his second marriage to Sara Gomes de Lemos (30 Dec 1931), a member of Minas
Gerais political elite. He won a public recognition rendering medical services to the government troops suppressing the Constitutionalist Revolution in São
Paulo (1932) and was nominated (1933) chief of staff in the government of
Minas Gerais.
In 1934 Kubitschek joined the Progressive Party of Minas Gerais (Partido
Progressista de Minas Gerais) and assumed the party secretaryship. He was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies (1935-1937), dissolved by Getúlio
Dorneles Vargas on 10 Nov 1937. Kubitschek returned to his medical practice and became prefect of Belo Horizonte (1940-1945). He was active in organizing the Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrático, PSD)
(1945),
which
supported
the
candidacy
of
General Eurico
Gaspar
Dutra at presidential elections of 2 Dec 1945.
After his election (2 Dec 1945) to the Constituent Assembly, Kubitschek again was a member of the federal Chamber of Deputies from 1946 to 1950. In
1951 Kubitschek won the election of governor of the State of Minas Gerais, a position he held for the next four years (31 Jan 1951 - 31 Mar 1955), which enabled him to be a favorite of the presidential election on 3 Oct 1955. Elected on a platform of economic reform, Kubitschek favored rapid development of industries and foreign investments.
On 30 Sep 1957, he signed a law moving the national capital to a new city,
Brasília, which was to be built in the Goiás highlands. This ambitious project
References: SABSAY, F. (2006). Protagonistas de América Latina. 2nd Ed. Buenos Aires: Editorial El Ateneo. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. (2010). Juscelino Kubitschec. HISTORIA BRASILEIRA. (2010) Juscelino Kubitschec. [Online] Available from: http://www.historiabrasileira.com/biografias/juscelino-kubitschek/.