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Quadros was born in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. With populist rhetoric and extravagant behavior, he had a meteoric career: he became mayor of the city of São Paulo in 1953, governor of São Paulo state in 1955, and was elected president of Brazil by a landslide in 1960, taking office on January 31, 1961.

He blamed his predecessor, Juscelino Kubitschek, for high inflationFor alternative meanings see inflation (disambiguation). In economics, inflation is a fall in the market value or purchasing power of money. This is equivalent to a rise in the general level of prices. Inflation is the opposite of deflation. Zero or very. During his time in office, Quadros outlawed gamblingGambling (or betting is any behaviour involving the risk of money or valuables on the outcome of a game, contest, or other event in which the outcome of that activity is partially or totally dependent upon chance. Though for many it is a form of recreatio, banned women from wearing bikiniMicheline Bernardini wearing the first bikini A bikini is a type of women's bathing suit, characterized by two separate parts—one covering the breasts, the other the groin and buttocks, leaving an uncovered area between the two garments. Two-piece garments on the beach, and established relations with the Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1 and CubaAlternate meanings: see Cuba (disambiguation The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean, in between the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north are found the United States and the Bahamas, to the west M. In a move supposed to gain him more power, he resigned on August 25August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. Events 1537 The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. 1580, 1961, expecting to return to the presidency by acclamation of the Brazilian people. But this move was immediately rejected by the Congress, which called the leftist vice-president João Goulart to take the office instead. Quadros' resignation started a severe political crisis that culminated in a military coup in 1964. The military did not allow Quadros to return to politics, but by the 1980s he was back and was elected mayor of São Paulo in 1985, defeating Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

See also: List of Presidents of Brazil