Darci Lima Sarmanho Vargas (12 December 1895 – 25 June 1968) was the wife of

Getúlio Vargas Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (; ; 19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to his long and contr ...

, former

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, and the First Lady of the country during two different periods (from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until her husband's

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). 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

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and founded many

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1895 births 1968 deaths First ladies of Brazil Brazilian people of Portuguese descent People from São Borja Darci Vargas Getúlio Vargas {{brazil-bio-stub Brazilian Roman Catholics

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