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Jânio Quadros
22nd President of Brazil
In office January 31, 1961 – August 25, 1961
Vice President	João Goulart
Preceded by	Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
Succeeded by	João Goulart
Governor of São Paulo
In office January 31, 1955 – January 31, 1959
Preceded by	Lucas Nogueira Garcez
Succeeded by	Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto
Mayor of São Paulo
In office January 1, 1986 – December 31, 1988
Preceded by	Mário Covas
Succeeded by	Luiza Erundina
In office January 18, 1955 – February 5, 1955
Preceded by	José Porfírio da Paz
Succeeded by	William Salem
In office April 8, 1953 – July 6, 1954
Preceded by	Armando de Arruda Pereira
Succeeded by	José Porfírio da Paz
Born	January 25, 1917(1917-01-25) Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul
Died	February 16, 1992 (aged 75) São Paulo, São Paulo
Nationality	Brazilian
Political party	Various

Jânio da Silva Quadros (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɐnju da ˈsiwva ˈkwadɾus]  ( listen)), PC (January 25, 1917, in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul — February 16, 1992, in São Paulo) was a Brazilian politician who served briefly as President of Brazil in 1961.

Career

Quadros's meteoric career can be attributed to his widespread use of populist rhetoric and his extravagant behavior. He became mayor of the city of São Paulo in 1953 and governor of the state of São Paulo just two years later, in 1955. He was elected president of Brazil by a landslide in 1960, taking office on January 31, 1961.

Quadros laid the blame for the country's high rate of inflation on his predecessor, Juscelino Kubitschek. As president, Quadros outlawed gambling, banned women from wearing bikinis on the beach, and established relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba (for getting into a neutral international policy). The re-establishment of relations with the Socialist Block in the middle of the Cold War meant that the National Democratic Union (Brazil) no longer supported his leadership in congress, he was thus left with no real power.

Resignation

He resigned on August 25, 1961, expecting to return to the presidency by acclamation of the Brazilian people or by request of the National Congress of Brazil and the Military which, scared about the possibility of the leftist vice-president João Goulart taking oath as President, would refuse Quadros' resignation. This maneuver, however, was immediately rejected by the Brazilian legislature, which accepted his resignation and called on the President of the Congress, Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, to assume office until the vice-president came back from his trip to Communist China. Goulart finally took oath as President on September 7, 1961, even though after having his power tied down due to a Parliamentarist amendment to the Constitution. He was not of the same party of Quadros. At the time, Brazilians could vote for a ticket that had candidates for president and vice president from different parties.

Quadros' resignation initiated a serious political crisis that culminated in a military coup in 1964. While the military did not allow him to participate in politics, by the 1980s Quadros had made a comeback. He joined the Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, and was candidate for governor of São Paulo in 1982, only to be defeated by André Franco Montoro. Nevertheless, he was re-elected mayor of São Paulo in 1985, defeating the favored candidate, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, later president of Brazil. Quadros served as mayor until 1988. He died in São Paulo in 1992.

Gallery

Janio Quadros

Quadros resignation letter

See also

• List of Presidents of Brazil
• 1964 Brazilian coup d'état

External links

• TIME cover featuring Quadros (June 20, 1961)
• Biography from presidential official site (Portugesse)

Presidents of Brazil Old republic Deodoro da Fonseca · Floriano Peixoto · Prudente de Morais · Campos Sales · Rodrigues Alves · Afonso Pena · Nilo Peçanha · Hermes da Fonseca · Venceslau Brás · Delfim Moreira · Epitácio Pessoa · Artur Bernardes · Washington Luís · Júlio Prestes · Mena Barreto · Isaías de Noronha Vargas era Augusto Fragoso · Getúlio Vargas · José Linhares Republic of 1946 Eurico Gaspar Dutra · Getúlio Vargas · João Café Filho · Carlos Coimbra da Luz · Nereu de Oliveira · Juscelino Kubitschek · Jânio Quadros · Ranieri Mazzilli · João Goulart Military dictatorship Humberto Castello Branco · Artur da Costa e Silva · Aurélio de Lira Tavares · Augusto Rademaker · Márcio Melo · Emílio Garrastazu Médici · Ernesto Geisel · João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo New republic Tancredo Neves · José Sarney · Fernando Collor · Itamar Franco · Fernando Henrique Cardoso · Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Governors of São Paulo (1889 — 2010) Prudente de Morais | Jorge Tibiriçá | Américo Brasiliense | Cerqueira César | Bernardino de Campos | Campos Sales | Peixoto Gomide | Fernando Prestes | Rodrigues Alves | Domingos de Morais | Bernardino de Campos | Jorge Tibiriçá | Albuquerque Lins | Rodrigues Alves | Altino Arantes | Washington Luís | Carlos de Campos | Júlio Prestes | Heitor Penteado | Lins de Barros | Laudo Camargo | Manuel Rabelo | Pedro de Toledo | Castilho de Lima | Armando de Sales Oliveira | Melo Neto | Ademar de Barros | Sousa Costa | Macedo Soares | Ademar de Barros | Lucas Garcez | Jânio Quadros | Carvalho Pinto | Laudo Natel | Abreu Sodré | Laudo Natel | Paulo Egídio Martins | Paulo Maluf | José Maria Marin | Franco Montoro | Orestes Quércia | Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho | Mário Covas | Geraldo Alckmin | Cláudio Lembo | José Serra

Mayors and Prefects of São Paulo Gomes Cardim | Antonio Prado | Raimundo Duprat | Washington Luís | Rocha Azevedo | Firmiano de Morais Pinto | José Pires do Rio | Luís Inácio de Anhaia Melo | Francisco Machado de Campos | Henrique Jorge Guedes | Gofredo da Silva Teles | Teodoro Augusto Ramos | Antônio Carlos de Assumpção | Fábio Prado | Francisco Prestes Maia | Abraão Ribeiro | Cristiano Stockler das Neves | Paulo Lauro | Milton Improta | Asdrúbal da Cunha | Lineu Prestes | Armando de Arruda Pereira | Jânio Quadros | José Porfírio da Paz | William Salem | Juvenal Lino de Matos | Vladimir de Toledo Piza | Adhemar de Barros | Francisco Prestes Maia | Faria Lima | Paulo Maluf | José Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz | Miguel Colasuonno | Olavo Egydio Setubal | Reinaldo de Barros | Antônio Salim Curiati | Mário Covas | Jânio Quadros | Luiza Erundina | Paulo Maluf | Celso Pitta | Régis de Oliveira | Celso Pitta | Marta Suplicy | José Serra | Gilberto Kassab

From Wikiquote

Jânio Quadros (1917-01-15 - 1992-02-16) was a Brazilian politician who was President of Brazil in 1961.

Sourced

"One Man's Cup of Coffee," Time Magazine profile (June 30, 1961)

See here for the complete article. The writer of the article is unnamed.

• Unless we make revolutionary reforms, some day — in some unknown serra — some unknown Fidel Castro will rise up in Brazil.
  • To his cabinet

• Lincoln was one of history's greatest men, but Americans are not like him. He was a lonely exception.

• How can the reality of 600 million Chinese be ignored?
  • About withdrawing diplomatic recognition of Taiwan in favor of the People's Republic of China

• From a distance I became more convinced than ever that Almighty God destined us to become a great people.

• Your place is here, in my heart.
  • To an old friend who demanded a place in his cabinet

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