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Antônio Coelho de Sá e Albuquerque

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Antônio Coelho de Sá e Albuquerque
Governor of Bahia
In office
May 5, 1862 – April 23, 1864
MonarchPedro II
Prime MinisterMarquis of Olinda
Preceded byJoaquim Fernandes Leão
Succeeded byAntônio da Silva Gomes
Governor of Alagoas
In office
October 14, 1854 – May 4, 1855
Prime MinisterMarquis of Paraná
Preceded byRoberto Calheiros
Succeeded byRoberto Calheiros
In office
November 7, 1855 – March 5, 1856
Preceded byRoberto Calheiros
Succeeded byUnknown
In office
October 24, 1856 – April 13, 1857
Preceded byUnknown
Succeeded byInácio Mendonça
Governor of Pará
In office
October 23, 1859 – May 12, 1860
Prime MinisterBaron of Uruguaiana
Preceded byManuel de Frias e Vasconcelos
Succeeded byAntônio da Silva Gomes
Personal details
Born(1821-10-18)October 18, 1821
Muribeca, Sergipe, Brazil, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
DiedFebruary 22, 1868(1868-02-22) (aged 46)
Off the coast of Bahia, Brazil
Political partyBrazilian Liberal Party
Military service
Allegiance Empire of Brazil
Branch Imperial Brazilian Army

Antônio Coelho de Sá e Albuquerque was a Brazilian landowner, lawyer and politician who was notable for being one of the main figures of the Christie Question as well as the governor of several Brazilian states.

Biography

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Antônio Coelho de Sá e Albuquerque was born in Muribeca, Sergipe, on October 18, 1821, the son of Commander Lourenço de Sá e Albuquerque and Mariana de Sá e Albuquerque. He was the brother of Lourenço de Sá e Albuquerque, Viscount of Guararapes. His family was one of the main ones in Pernambuco and were owners of several sugar mills.

Coelho was a graduate of the Recife Law School and an important landowner as he began leaning towards a political career. He was a national deputy for Pernambuco in the Legislative Assemblies of the periods 1853-1856, 1857-1860, 1861-1862 and 1864-1865 and a national senator representing Pernambuco from May 13, 1865 to February 22, 1868.

He was president of the province of the State of Paraíba from July 3, 1851 to April 29, 1853 and introduced a mandate during which he implemented the use of the plow.[1] Shortly after taking office, in August 1851, he presented an extensive and detailed plan of public works. The difficulties encountered in its execution led to extensive reforms in the construction system in the province.[2]

He was president of Alagoas on three occasions: from October 13 to May 4, 1855, from October 29, 1855 to May 11, 1856, and from October 24, 1856 to April 13, 1857 . During his tenures he had the chapel of the Nossa Senhora da Piedade cemetery built and a lazaretto for people with cholera.[3]

He presided over the province of Pará from October 23, 1859 to May 12, 1860 .

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the conservative cabinet headed by Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, from April 21 to July 9, 1861 when he was replaced by Benevenuto Augusto Magalhães Taques.

He was Minister of Agriculture in the brief cabinet of the liberal Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos between May 24 and 29, 1862 .

He ruled Bahia from September 30, 1862 to December 15, 1863.[4]

Once the War of the Triple Alliance had begun, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the liberal cabinet headed by Zacarias de Góis between October 27, 1866 and December 8, 1867 . By decrees of December 7, 1866 and July 31, 1867, the Amazon River and its tributaries, the Negro, Madeira and São Francisco rivers, were opened to free international navigation. During this period all the efforts of the government were destined to sustain the war with Paraguay.

Coelho died on 22 February 1868 aboard the steam Paraná off the coast of Bahia.

References

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  1. ^ "Oblivion and Urbanization in Parahiba (1822-1860)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Esquecimento e Urbanização na Parahiba (1822-1860)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Lazareto do Porto do Francês".[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Galvão, Miguel Archanjo (1894). Imprensa nacional (ed.). Relação dos cidadãos que tomaram parte no governo do Brazil no periodo de março de 1808 a 15 de novembre de 1889. Rio de Janeiro. pp. 43–44, 53, 91, 97.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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