Some countries in need of a 'first partner'

Brazil

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff participates in the meeting of the Council for Economic and Social Development, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, April 16, 2014. [Photo/IC]

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was born into a middle class family in 1947. Her father is a Bulgarian immigrant and her mother a school teacher. She was elected the first female president of Brazil on October 31, 2010. She has a daughter with her second husband Carlos Araujo, a lawyer. They divorced after 30 years.

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