Hermes Lima

He originally became an elected federal deputy of the National Democratic Union in 1945, but two years later co-founded and joined the Brazilian Socialist Party.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5kEwhXOfBcC&dq=%22hermes+lima%22&pg=PA223 |page=223 |title=The Brazilian Workers' ABC: Class Conflict and Alliances in Modern São Paulo |isbn=9780807843680 |last1=French |first1=John D. |date=1992 |publisher=UNC Press Books }} He was described as one of the members of the party who was a "liberal with a legal background."{{Citation |last=Ricupero |first=Bernardo |title=Marxist Thought in Brazil |date=2019-02-25 |url=https://oxfordre.com/latinamericanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-624 |encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.013.624 |isbn=978-0-19-936643-9|url-access=subscription }} Under João Goulart he served as Labour Minister[https://books.google.com/books?id=4XZMgf42RmcC&dq=%22hermes+lima%22+brazil&pg=PA111 Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader: The years 1960-1977, Volume 2 by John W. F. Dulles, pg 107] and later as Prime Minister (from 18 September 1962 until 23 January 1963).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PB__6STEkH0C&dq=%22hermes+lima%22+brazil&pg=PA132 |page=132 |title=Requiem for Revolution: The United States and Brazil, 1961-1969 |isbn=9780873384025 |last1=Leacock |first1=Ruth |date=1990 |publisher=Kent State University Press }} He would go on to serve in the Brazilian Supreme Court before being forced into retirement by the military dictatorship in 1969.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0kpyNx8sVwC&dq=%22hermes+lima%22+brazil&pg=PA82 |page=82 |title=The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964-1985 |isbn=978-0-19-536262-6 |last1=Skidmore |first1=Thomas E. |date=8 March 1990 |publisher=Oxford University Press }}

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