"Being the first woman to reach the presidency in Latin America's biggest nation, however, will only add to her burden of succeeding the most popular Brazilian leader in history. "
2. Newly sworn in Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, center, Vice-President Michel Temer, left, and outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva raise their hands during the inauguration ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia.
3. Dilma Vana Rousseff , 62, hasachieved the raredistinction of becomingBrazil’sfirstfemalepresidentwhenshesucceeded outgoing leftistleader Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. Known for herfiercedetermination in Brazil, Rousseff wasjailed in 1970s for guerrillaactivities and she is nicknamed as “Iran Lady’ by the media similar to the image of Margaret Thatcher of Britain. Shebecameknown in Brazilwhensheopposed the 1964-85 militarydictatorshipthatruledBrazil
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5. Dilma Rousseff wasborn in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, onDecember 14, 1947, to Bulgarianlawyer and entrepreneur Pedro Rousseff (bornPétarRúsev, Bulgarian: ПетърРусев, 1900–1962 schoolteacher Dilma Jane da Silva.Herfatherwasborn in Gabrovowas a friend of the Nobel Prize-nominatedBulgarianpoetElisavetaBagriana. Anactivemember of the BulgarianCommunistParty in the 1920s,PetarRusevfledpoliticalpersecution in Bulgaria in 1929, settling in France. He arrived in Brazil in the 1930s, alreadywidowed (he left behindhissonLyuben, whodied in 2007. . PetarRusevadaptedhisfirstname to Portuguese and the last to French. During a trip to Uberaba, hemet Dilma Jane da Silva
12. Ms Rousseff, a strong personality with a famously short temper, In her victory speech, Ms Rousseff highlighted the importance of a free press, which came under fire by Lula in his final year in government.
13. "I willlookafterthemostvulnerable. I willgovern for allBrazilians," "Themostdeterminedstrugglewillbe to eradicate extreme poverty," "Wecanbe a more developedandfairer country.“ ByPresident Dilma Rousseff 1th January 2011
20. Dilma Vana Rousseff at the christening of grandson Gabriel (September 9, 2010 )l, with daughter Paula and son-in-law Rafael Covolo, and Dilma Jane Rousseff, the great-grandmother (far left)