Question: Recently who has been sworn in as the Brazil’s new president?
(a) Dilma Rousseff
(b) Michelle Thatcher
(c) Michel Temer
(d) John Temer
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 31 August 2016 Michel Temer was sworn in as the new president of Brazil.
- He took the charge as the 37th President of the Country.
- Dilma Rousseff was removed from the presidency by the Senate in an impeachment trial.
- The opposition needed 54 of the 81 senators to vote in favor for her to be removed. They got many more, winning in a landslide of sorts, 61-20.
- Temer will serve as president until December 31, 2018.
- Michel Temer was Brazil’s former vice president since 2011 and as President in an acting capacity since 12 May 2016, when Rousseff was suspended from office to face the impeachment trial.
- Dilma Vana Rousseff served as the 36th President of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first woman to have held that office.
Reference:
http://www.brazilgovnews.gov.br/news/2016/08/michel-temer-takes-office-as-president-of-brazil
http://www2.planalto.gov.br/acompanhe-planalto/biografia
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/brazil-michel-temer-sworn-president-160831192923827.html