Nereu Ramos

Nereu de Oliveira Ramos
20th President of Brazil
In office November 11, 1955 – January 31, 1956
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Carlos Luz
Succeeded by	Juscelino Kubitschek
14th Vice-President of Brazil
In office January 31, 1946 – January 31, 1951
President	Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Preceded by	Fernando de Melo Viana (1930)
Succeeded by	Café Filho
Personal details
Born	September 3, 1888(1888-09-03) Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Died	June 16, 1958(1958-06-16) (aged 69) São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Political party	Social Democratic Party – PSD
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Nereu de Oliveira Ramos (Portuguese pronunciation: [neˈrew di oliˈvejrɐ ˈʁɐ̃mus]; September 3, 1888 – June 16, 1958) was a Brazilian political figure. Ramos was vice-president of the Republic between 1947 and 1951. Elected to the Federal Senate as a representative from Santa Catarina state in 1954, he became the Senate's vice-president in the following year. By this stage President Getúlio Vargas had taken his own life. There followed a series of brief presidential reigns: Vargas's successor Café Filho soon stepped down because of poor health; and the president of the Chamber of Deputies Carlos Luz was impeached after holding the presidency only two days. Ramos, who was the next in the line of succession, assumed the presidency on November 11, 1955 to complete Vargas's term. He served until January 31, 1956, whereupon Juscelino Kubitschek took the oath of presidential office. He was the last President to have been born in the Empire of Brazil.

Nereu Ramos died in a Cruzeiro airline crash on July, 6th 1958 near Curitiba Afonso Pena International Airport.

Gallery

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  President Nereu Ramos

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  Presidential photography

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  From left: President-elect Kubitschek, President Ramos, Vice President-elect Goulart

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  Statue

External links

• Presidents and Provisional Governments of the Republic

Political offices
Preceded by Carlos Luz	President of Brazil 1955–1956	Succeeded by Juscelino Kubitschek