Book on Dilma Rousseff Premieres in Her Father's Bulgaria

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (L) and her Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov (R) during Rousseff's first visit to her father's homeland on Wednesday. Photo by BGNES

A biography book telling the fascinating story of Brazil's Bulgaria-descended President Dilma Rousseff has officially premiered in Bulgaria.

The book, written by journalists Momchil Indzhov and Zhamil Shade, focuses on the stories of Dilma Rousseff and her Bulgarian half-brother Lyuben Rusev, both of whom have gone through difficult times with authorities.

Momchil Indzhov is the first Bulgarian journalist to have personally met with Dilma Rousseff and the only one in the world to have talked with both Dilma and Lyuben, the Bulgarian Darik radio points out.

Dilma Vana Rousseff was born on December 14, 1947, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the family of Bulgarian immigrant Petar Rusev (1900-1962), also known as Pedro Rousseff, a lawyer and a construction entrepreneur, and Dilma Jane Silva was, a school teacher whose parents were ranchers.

On June 13, 2010, after more than two years of wide-spread speculation, Rousseff was launched as the official presidential candidate for the Workers' Party in the 2010 presidential election.

Expectedly, Rousseff won the election and became Brazil's first female President at the beginning of January.

Late on Tuesday, Rousseff arrived on her historic first visit to her father's Bulgaria.

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