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An engineer by training, Brizola organized the youth wing of the Brazilian Labour Party and served as state representative for Rio Grande do Sul and mayor of its capital, Porto Alegre.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"22 January 1922","date":"1922-01-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Carazinho","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772910"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"21 June 2004","date":"2004-06-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rio de Janeiro","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8678"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Brazil","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"civil engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13582652"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Democratic Labour Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1414708"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766447"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Neusa Goulart Brizola","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10336477","end":"1993-04-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"governor of Rio de Janeiro (15 March 1991 – 2 April 1994)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25471912","start":"1991-03-15","end":"1994-04-02"},{"text":"governor of Rio de Janeiro (15 March 1983 – 15 March 1987)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25471912","start":"1983-03-15","end":"1987-03-15"},{"text":"governor of Rio Grande do Sul (25 March 1959 – 25 March 1963)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53739340","start":"1959-03-25","end":"1963-03-25"},{"text":"Mayor of Porto Alegre (1 January 1956 – 29 December 1958)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53926042","start":"1956-01-01","end":"1958-12-29"},{"text":"federal deputy of Rio Grande do Sul","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59401956"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17365974","date":"1983"},{"text":"Livro dos Heróis e Heroínas da Pátria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56707516"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonel_Brizola","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Leonel Brizola born?","a":"Leonel Brizola was born on 22 January 1922 in Carazinho."},{"q":"What positions has Leonel Brizola held?","a":"Positions held by Leonel Brizola include: governor of Rio de Janeiro (1991–1994); governor of Rio de Janeiro (1983–1987); governor of Rio Grande do Sul (1959–1963); Mayor of Porto Alegre (1956–1958); federal deputy of Rio Grande do Sul."},{"q":"Where did Leonel Brizola study?","a":"Leonel Brizola was educated at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul."}],"related":[{"name":"Deodoro da Fonseca","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/deodoro-da-fonseca"},{"name":"Carlos Machado de Bittencourt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-machado-de-bittencourt"},{"name":"Olívio Dutra","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/olivio-dutra"},{"name":"Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/luis-alves-de-lima-e-silva-duke-of-caxias"},{"name":"Borges de Medeiros","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/borges-de-medeiros"},{"name":"Alceu Collares","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alceu-collares"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/leonel-brizola-dd3cacd235.jpg","width":500,"height":328,"license":"CC BY 3.0 br","credit":"Ana Nascimento/ABr","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonel_Brizola.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Leonel Brizola","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonel_Brizola","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1395356","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395356","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Leonel Brizola.jpg by Ana Nascimento/ABr (CC BY 3.0 br)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonel_Brizola.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Leonel Brizola, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Leonel Brizola.jpg — Ana Nascimento/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br.","cite":"\"Leonel Brizola\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/leonel-brizola. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/leonel-brizola","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/leonel-brizola","ne":null}}