Getúlio Vargas

Father of the poor

Labour laws from above.

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Economic−52

SocialistMarket

Governance+56

LibertarianAuthoritarian

Social−30

TraditionalProgressive

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The Brazilian strongman whose 'Estado Novo' delivered labour laws and industrialisation from above — 'father of the poor' to his base, dictator to his foes — a textbook of top-down redistributive populism.

social

Paternalist nationalist courting the working masses.

economic

Granted sweeping labour rights and state-led industrialisation.

governance

Ruled through the authoritarian 'Estado Novo.'

Notable for

The 'Estado Novo'
Sweeping labour legislation
Dominated Brazil for decades

estado-novolabourpopulism

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