Floriano Peixoto
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| Floriano Peixoto | |
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| 2nd President of Brazil | |
| In office November 23, 1891 – November 15, 1894 |
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| Vice President | None |
| Preceded by | Deodoro da Fonseca |
| Succeeded by | Prudente de Morais |
| 1st Vice-President of Brazil | |
| In office February 26, 1891 – November 23, 1891 |
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| President | Deodoro da Fonseca |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Vitorino Pereira (1894) |
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| Born | April 30, 1839 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil |
| Died | July 29, 1895 (aged 56) Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Political party | None |
Floriano Vieira de Araújo Peixoto (Portuguese pronunciation: [floriˈɐ̃nu viˈejrɐ dʒi araˈuʒu pejˈʃotu]), April 30, 1839, Maceió, Brazil — July 29, 1895, Rio de Janeiro; born in Ipioca (today a district of the city of Maceió in the State of Alagoas), was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the War of the Triple Alliance, and the second President of Brazil.
[edit] Election and Succession as President
Floriano Peixoto was an Army Marshal when elected vice-president and later, in November 1891 rose to the Presidency, following the resignation of the first President of Brazil, Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca. Floriano Peixoto came to the Presidency in a difficult period of the then young Brazilian Republic, in the midst of a general crisis already in progress, made worse by the effects arising from the burst of the Encilhamento.
[edit] Government
Floriano Peixoto defeated a naval officers' rebellion against him (1893–1894) and a seditious military movement in the State of Rio Grande do Sul and in the State of Santa Catarina. His government was marked by increased centralization of power and nationalism.
[edit] Legacy
He is often referred to as "the Consolidator of the Republic" or "The Iron Marshal". He left the Presidency on November 15, 1894 but despite his unpopularity, the "Iron Marshal" was responsible for the consolidation of the new Republican Government.
Desterro, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina, was renamed Florianópolis as punishment for its participation in the Federalist Revolution in 1894.
| Preceded by Deodoro da Fonseca |
President of Brazil 1891–1894 |
Succeeded by Prudente de Morais |
| Preceded by Office created |
Vice-President of Brazil 1891 |
Succeeded by Manuel Vitorino Pereira |
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