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Brizola, Leonel de Moura(Leonel)
1922 - He was born on the 22nd of January.
1959-1962 - He was governor of Rio Grande do Sul.
1964 - In April, when a coup d'état successfully overthrew Goulart, Brizola was the only governor to offer support for the president, sheltering him in Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul with the hope that democracy would be restored.
1977 - He was deported from Uruguay for alleged "violations of norms of political asylum".
- Brizola returned to Brazil and founded a new party, the Democratic Labour Party (Partido Democrático Trabalhista, PDT).
1989 - He finished third, losing the second position by a very narrow margin to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Fernando Collor de Mello was elected).
1994 - He finished fifth (the winner was Fernando Henrique Cardoso). Four years later he was Lula's running mate: they lost to Cardoso.
2002 - Brizola supported the candidacy of Ciro Gomes for president.
2004 - Brizola died on the21st of June, after a heart attack.
1959-1962 - He was governor of Rio Grande do Sul.
1964 - In April, when a coup d'état successfully overthrew Goulart, Brizola was the only governor to offer support for the president, sheltering him in Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul with the hope that democracy would be restored.
1977 - He was deported from Uruguay for alleged "violations of norms of political asylum".
- Brizola returned to Brazil and founded a new party, the Democratic Labour Party (Partido Democrático Trabalhista, PDT).
1989 - He finished third, losing the second position by a very narrow margin to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Fernando Collor de Mello was elected).
1994 - He finished fifth (the winner was Fernando Henrique Cardoso). Four years later he was Lula's running mate: they lost to Cardoso.
2002 - Brizola supported the candidacy of Ciro Gomes for president.
2004 - Brizola died on the21st of June, after a heart attack.
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