Lindolfo Collor

Lindolfo Collor (wearing glasses) standing behind President Getúlio Vargas, on 3 November 1930.

Lindolf Leopold Boeckel Collor, known as Lindolfo Collor (São Leopoldo, 4 February 1890 — Rio de Janeiro, 21 September 1942) was a Brazilian journalist and politician.

He served as the first Labor minister under President Getúlio Vargas (1930-1932).[1]

The town of Lindolfo Collor, Rio Grande do Sul is named after him.

His grandson, Fernando Collor de Mello, was President of Brazil (1990 1992).

References

  1. "Lindolfo Collor". Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Retrieved 16 June 2018. (in Portuguese)


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