Augusto Tasso Fragoso

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Tasso and the second or paternal family name is Fragoso.

General Augusto Tasso Fragoso
Member of the Brazilian Military Junta
In office 24 October 1930 – 3 November 1930 Interim President of Brazil Serving with Isaías de Noronha, Mena Barreto
Personal details
Born	(1869-08-28)28 August 1869 São Luís, Empire of Brazil
Died	20 September 1945(1945-09-20) (aged 76) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, better known as Tasso Fragoso (São Luiz, Maranhão August 28, 1869 – September 20, 1945) was a Brazilian soldier and author. He led a coup d'état that deposed Washington Luís on 24 October 1930 and prevented president-elect Julio Prestes from assuming the presidency of the Republic of Brazil. He was chief of the Provisional Governing Council (Junta Governativa Provisória) which handed the presidency to Getúlio Vargas on 3 November 1930. He was also the cousin of Portuguese President António Óscar Fragoso Carmona.

Works

• A Revolução Farroupilha
• Históra da Guerra entre a Tríplice Aliança e o Paraguai (1934, in 5 volumes).
• Os Franceses no Rio de Janeiro.

Bibliography

• Araripe, General Tristão de Alençar, Tasso Fragoso − Um pouco de História do Nosso Exército, Biblioteca do Exército Editora, 1960.
• Koifman, Fábio, Organizador −Presidentes do Brasil, Editora Rio, 2001.

References

• Translated from Portuguese