The participation and influence of Janio Quadros in Parana politics (1958-1961)

The year 2017 marks the centenary of the birth of one of the most controversial Brazilian politicians of the 20th century: Janio da Silva Quadros. Born in Campo Grande (current state of Mato Grosso do Sul), Janio lived part of his childhood and adolescence in Curitiba. In the 1930s, his family moved to Sao Paulo, where Janio began his meteoric political career in 1947. In less than ten years, Janio was elected councilman, state deputy, mayor and governor of Sao Paulo. In 1960, Janio was elected President of the Republic, resigning after only seven months in office. However, it should be remembered that before being elected president in 1960, Janio had been elected congressman for the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) of Parana in 1958. Thus, Janio had a very close personal-political-partisan relationship with Parana. Thus, the present article intends to analyze the participation and the political influence of Janio Quadros in the paranaense politics between the years of 1958 to 1961.