Darci Vargas Explained

Darci Vargas
Order2:First Lady of Rio Grande do Sul
Term Label2:In role
Term Start2:25 January 1928
Term End2:9 October 1930
President2:Getúlio Vargas
Predecessor2:Carlinda Borges
Successor2:Delminda Aranha
Term Label1:In role
Term Start1:3 November 1930
Term End1:29 October 1945
President1:Getúlio Vargas
Predecessor1:Sofia Pais de Barros
Successor1:Luísa Linhares
Order:First Lady of Brazil
Term Label:In role
Term Start:31 January 1951
Term End:24 August 1954
President:Getúlio Vargas
Predecessor:Carmela Dutra
Successor:Jandira Café
Birth Name:Darci Lima Sarmanho
Birth Date:12 December 1895
Birth Place:São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil
Nationality:Brazilian
Children:Lutero, Jandira, Alzira, Maneco and Getulinho
Signature:Darci Vargas assinatura.jpg

Darci Lima Sarmanho Vargas (12 December 1895 – 25 June 1968) was the wife of Getúlio Vargas, former President of Brazil, and the First Lady of the country during two different periods (from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until her husband's suicide).

Darci and Getúlio Vargas, whom she married in March 1911, had five children. However, the president was an unfaithful husband. Aimée de Heeren, later the daughter-in-law of Fernanda Wanamaker, was reported to be one of his mistresses.

She became a notable philanthropist and founded many charitable organizations.

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