Juscelino Kubitschek
12 September 1902 – 22 August 1976
Juscelino Kubitschek was a Brazilian physician and politician who served as President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. He had previously been mayor of Belo Horizonte and governor of Minas Gerais, and his presidency was defined by a development programme summarised as fifty years of progress in five and by the construction of the new capital, Brasília. His political rights were revoked by the military government in 1964, and he died in a road accident in 1976.
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Life events
Born into a modest family in the interior of Minas Gerais and raised by his mother, a schoolteacher.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGraduated in medicine from the University of Minas Gerais and later specialised in urology in Europe.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried Sarah Luísa Gomes de Sousa Lemos, who later served as a senator.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCommissioned the Pampulha complex from the architect Oscar Niemeyer during his term.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgServed a term as governor, concentrating on energy and transport projects.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook office after winning the 1955 election and served a five-year term.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe new city, planned by Lúcio Costa with buildings by Oscar Niemeyer, was opened after about four years of construction.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLost his Senate seat and his political rights for ten years after the 1964 coup, and spent years abroad.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgKilled when his car collided with a lorry on the Via Dutra highway in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Source: en.wikipedia.org