Do integralismo ao udenismo: a trajetória política de Raymundo Padilha

Abstract

This academic research analyzes Raymundo Padilha’s trajectory, last Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro before the merger with Guanabara. The research intended to understand, through the analysis of the trajectory of Padilha and taking into account the networks in which he entered as articulated in political and Brazilian right, staying for more than two decades in political activity. The first part is dedicated to the first steps of Padilha in politics and his participation in the Brazilian Integralist Action - AIB. It is possible to the action of Padilha from the first moments of membership of the AIB Petrópolis - RJ until his arrival at the command statewide. The second part analyzes the work of Padilha during the Estado Novo period in which AIB has been outlawed and Plinio Salgado, head and founder of AIB, in exile in Portugal. Padilha took that moment it an important current position at that moment, as the spokesman of Salgado and helped in the formation of the Party of Popular Representation. The third part analyzes the period of parliamentary Padilha, whose departure the year 1952 when he assumed the position of federal parliamentarian by Rio de Janeiro, as a PRP member. This chapter also analyzes his performance in the National Democratic Union - UDN and later, in the the National Renewal Alliance - ARENA. Padilha came to the office of Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro in 1970 and held that position until 1975.