.jpg) Bulgarian descendants inSão Paulo. | |
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| 62,000-65,000[1] | |
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| Brazil | |
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| PredominantlyPortuguese. Some also speakBulgarian | |
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| OtherWhite Brazilians,Bulgarians |
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Bulgarian Brazilians (Portuguese:búlgaro-brasileiros,Bulgarian: бразилци българи,Braziltsi Bŭlgari) areBrazilian citizens who are fully, partially or predominantly ofBulgarian descent or are Bulgarian-born people residing inBrazil.
According to 2011 estimates, there are around 65,000 Bulgarians or people of Bulgarian descent currently living in Brazil.[2]
The most notable Brazilian citizen of Bulgarian origin isDilma Rousseff, former and first female president of Brazil. Her father, Pétar, was born inGabrovo and, as a member of theBulgarian Communist Party in the 1920s, he was forced to fleeBulgaria in 1929 due to political persecution. Rousseff's win during the2010 presidential election sparked excitement in Bulgaria.[3]
Another Brazilian citizen of Bulgarian origin isAndré Bankoff, Brazilian actor. He is descendant of theRomani minority in Bulgaria through his grandfather Angel Bankoff.[4]
The Brazilian self-taught artistAntonio Peticov is a decendant of Bulgarian emigrants.[5]
Demi Getschko, a Brazilian computer scientist and considered one of the pioneers of the Internet in Brazil, is the son of immigrants: Greek father and Bulgarian mother.[6]
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