The late leftist leader in Brazil, Leonel Brizola, just became the latest added member in the honorary list of national heroes last Tuesday upon a passage of a law in Brazil, authorizing the inscription of Leonel de Moura Brizola in the exclusive "Book of National Heroes."

The famed leftist leader, who helped resist the military coup in Brazil back in 1964, is now officially the country's national hero. The politician was born on Jan. 22, 1922 and died on June 21, 2004, according to The Guardian.

Meanwhile, Fox News Latino reports that the newest national hero is now included in the steel-paged book, which is kept at the Pantheon of the Fatherland in Brasilia. News about Brizola was published on Tuesday in the official gazette.

The passage of the law naming Brizola as a national hero was timely since the law was signed by President Dilma Rousseff, who is known to be an alliance of Brizola in the past. President Rousseff kicked off her political career in the Brizola-founded Democratic Labor Party.

Furthermore, Brizola has proven to be worthy of the recognition because of his efforts to revolutionize and fight for the rights of his people and his country. Brizola led the Southern state of Rio Grande do Sul back in 1964, taking up arms to resist the coup and ousted his brother-in-law Joao Goulart, who was then seated as the president.

Once again proving that his leadership is effective, Brizola also led a civil movement that led to Goulart's presidency. Brizola, who was also a governor in Rio Grande do Sul Brizola, led the Legality Movement, which is known to be a leftist social, economic and political reform movement that had a nationwide effect.

However, the movement was broken in 1964, which led to the exile of Brizola for a total of 15 years. The governor only returned in 1979 after being granted amnesty. Despite the setback, Brizola reportedly made up an empire in the education system of Brazil.

He was able to construct more or less 6,000 schools in Rio Grande do Sul and integrated 600 educational centers in Rio de Janeiro. Brizola's name is included alongside the names of other Brazilian national heroes like Emperor Pedro I, who declared Brazilian independence, and Marshall Deodoro de Fonseca, who was the nation's first president under the Republic form of government.

EPA further revealed that Brizola was officially declared as a national hero on Dec. 29, 2015.