Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, usually referenced in Brazil as FHC, is a brazilian politician and former president of Brazil, during the years from 1995 to 2002.[1]
He was born in Rio de Janeiro, on June 18, 1931. He graduated in Social Sciences (sic) in 1952. During the 1950s, he was an editor of Fundamentos, a magazine of the Brazilian Communist Party. He ran for brazilian Senate in 1978, and became senator for São Paulo in 1982, when Franco Montoro resigned to ran for governor of the state of São Paulo. He ran for Mayor of the city of São Paulo in 1985, and was re-elected senator in 1986.[1]
A hidden communist, in 1993 he made a pact with Lula, in Princeton, to share power between the two main leftist parties in Brazil: PSBD (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira) and PT (Brazilian Arbeiterpartei). PSBD would pose as the moderate party, simulating some respect for democratic institutions and private property, while PT would be openly marxist, aligning with totalitarian regimes and drug cartels.[2]
He became Ministro da Fazenda (finance federal secretary) of president Itamar Franco in 1993, and in 1994 was elected president of Brazil. He was the president from Jan 1, 1995 until Jan 1, 2003, when he was succeeded by Lula.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fernando Henrique Cardoso, retrieved from presidentes.an.gov.br on April 15, 2022
- ↑ As entranhas do “Pacto de Princeton” entre Lula e FHC, retrieved from Jornal da Cidade Online on April 15, 2022.
