Effort to impeach Getúlio Vargas
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AccusedGetúlio Vargas, President of Brazil
ProponentsWilson Leite Passos
Date16 June 1954
OutcomeRejected by the Chamber of Deputies
| Effort to impeach Getúlio Vargas | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Accused | Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil |
| Proponents | Wilson Leite Passos |
| Date | 16 June 1954 |
| Outcome | Rejected by the Chamber of Deputies |
| Charges | High crimes and misdemeanors |
| Cause |
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| Congressional votes | |
| Voting in the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Accusation | Vote to open impeachment process |
| Votes in favor | 35 |
| Votes against | 136 |
| Present | 40 |
| Not voting | 93 |
| Result | Rejected |
The effort to impeach Getúlio Vargas was a process openly aiming to remove Getúlio Vargas from the Presidency of Brazil in 1954.[1]
It was rejected by the Chamber of Deputies on 16 June 1954 in a vote of 136 to 35 with 40 abstentions. There were accusations of benefiting the newspaper Última Hora and attempting to install what was called a "syndicalist republic". Besides his victory in the process, he didn't conclude his term because, under pressure of the military and the attack against the opposition leader Carlos Lacerda, Vargas committed suicide on 24 August 1954. The Getulist coalition, being not so solid, had 57% of the Chamber.[1]
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