Dilma Rousseff
Rousseff in 2015, photo by Celso Pupo/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Dilma Vana Rousseff
Place of Birth: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of Birth: 14 December, 1947
Ethnicity:
*father – Bulgarian
*mother – Brazilian [Portuguese, possibly other]
Dilma Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician. A member of the Workers’ Party, she served as the 36th President of Brazil, from 1 January, 2011 until 31 August, 2016, when she was impeached from office. She has been Chair of the international, New Development Bank, since 24 March, 2023. She was previously Minister of Mines and Energy, from 1 January, 2003 to 21 June, 2005, and Chief of Staff of the Presidency, from 21 June, 2005 to 31 March, 2010, among other duties.
She is the daughter of Dilma Jane da Silva and Petr Rusev (later Pedro Rousseff). Her father was born in Gabrovo, Principality of Bulgaria. Her mother was Brazilian. She has a daughter with her former husband, lawyer Carlos Franklin Paixão de Araújo.
Dilma’s paternal grandfather was named Stefan Rusev Stoyanov (the son of Rusi Stoyanov Stefanov). Stefan was born in Gabrovo. Rusi was the son of Stoyan Petrov.
Dilma’s paternal grandmother was named Tsanka Petrova Kornazheva/Kornajeva (the daughter of Petr/Peter Kornazhev). Tsanka was born in Gabrovo.
Dilma’s maternal grandfather was named Odilon Silva.
Dilma’s maternal grandmother was named Ana Coimbra. Ana was born in Uberaba, Minas Gerais.
Source: Genealogy of Dilma Rousseff – http://www.geni.com
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Dilma has been impeached from her office.
looks very Bulgarian
What in the everloving…ahem, most Bulgarians don’t speak a lick of Turkish, are you mad?
@bablah
The Turkish kebab seller (from Istanbul) I use to attend told me that Romanians and Bulgarians used to go to work in Turkey before they became UE members, so maybe it’s possible that some Bulgarians manage to speak the language.
Only Bulgarians that speak Turkish are a Turkish minority in Bulgaria (Bulgarian by nationality) and Pomak Bulgarian minority in Turkey (Bulgarian by ethnicity). A kebab seller is not the most reliable source of information, since most Bulgarians went to work in Greece or Germany. Seriosly, it’s not that hard to get a work permit in EU if you’re an unskilled worker, why would they go to Turkey (unless they’re Turkish)?
I will ask him more about this topic. I entered to the kebab restaurant (actually to drink a beer, I rarely eat kebab) where a Romanian couple (or Hungarian, according to the Turkish kebab seller) was already eating. So when they came out, I asked him: “who is more rich, Turks or Romanians? He said: Romanians? don’t you see how they go around? they’re all bitches! And he started to say that Bulgarians and Romanians went to seek work in Turkey before they became UE citizens. He’s not a bad guy so I can believe to his story.
>”they’re all bitches”
>He’s not a bad guy
Huh?
Anyway, I see where he’s coming from (intense nationalistic hatred). Make sure you ask him about the Swiss next time. I’m sure he’l have some colourful things to say about them too.
I will do
Correction
her father is of jewish descent,her also stated to have jewish descent in maternal family(grandmother)
How do you know that he is of Jewish descent? What was the name of his last Jewish ancestor?
http://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,dilma-defende-relacao-com-ira-em-encontro-com-comunidade-israelita,609227
I found it in Dilma’s Wikipedia profile in French: “De sa grand-mère Dilma raconte qu’elle utilisait le surnom de Coimbra [ville refuge des Juifs entre 1492 et 1497], indication qu’elle avait pu être une juive ayant adopté le Brésil pour vivre et ayant changé de surnom à son arrivée. […] « Par les caractéristiques physiques, je dirais qu’elle était cristã-nova”
my translation: “about her grandmother, Dilma told that she used the surname ‘Coimbra’ (Portuguese city where Jews hid between 1492 and 1497), an indication that she could be a Jew who changed her surname when she moved to Brazil. She was a ‘cristã-nova’ “.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Christian
This is her mother’s side. It isn’t very concrete, though. Such a statement about a Spanish last name being commonly Jewish can be made about the genealogy of all Spanish and Portuguese people.
Follers. it’s not enough for: Possibly Jewish?
Well, with her father’s side, there doesn’t seem to be any evidence. As for her mother’s side, you could put “possibly Jewish” or even “probably Jewish” on just about everybody of Spanish or Portuguese descent, for example Fidel Castro, Marco Rubio (http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rubio/55/), and Michelle Rodriguez (http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12800-rodriguez). Unless there’s a specific ancestor who is known to have been Jewish, it’s pointless.