When was rousseff elected

President Dilma Rousseff has promised to re-unite Brazil after narrowly winning re-election to a second term in office with She said "dialogue" would be her top priority after a bitterly fought campaign against centre-right candidate Aecio Neves, who got The left-wing leader said she wanted to be "a much better president than I have been until now".

She faced mass protests last year against corruption and poor services. But Ms Rousseff, who has been in power since , remains popular with poor Brazilians thanks to her government's welfare programmes. The vote split Latin America's biggest country almost evenly in two, along lines of social class and geography.

The president said that during the campaign "the word repeated most often was change and the idea most often invoked was reform". The president's appeal for unity and dialogue was an important recognition that, despite 12 years of tangible social benefits under Workers' Party PT rule, millions of Brazilians are less than satisfied.

The standards of public services across the country in health, education and basic sanitation are too low for a country that prides itself on having the seventh largest economy in the world. This government deserves credit for helping to bring millions of people out of poverty but, as a result, public expectations here are now much higher.

By the time Dilma leaves office in , the Workers' Party will have been in power for 16 years. That may prove too much for some to bear but it is undeniable that life for most Brazilians has improved immeasurably during the PT's mandate thus far.

In addition, Rousseff implemented a program called? Luz Para Todos? Electricity for All in order to accelerate the spread of electricity to rural areas through government subsidies.

She hoped to provide electricity to 2. However, by , the program had provided electricity for an additional 1. In June , Dilma Rousseff launched her presidential campaign with Lula? Secretary of Health and Human Services U. Secretary of Homeland Security U. Secretary of Labor U. Secretary of State U. Secretary of the Interior U.

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