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His Excellency Artur Bernardes
Artur Bernardes, c. 1922

12th President of Brazil
In office 15 November 1922 – 15 November 1926
Vice President	Estácio Coimbra
Preceded by	Epitácio Pessoa
Succeeded by	Washington Luís
Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais
In office 1 February 1946 – 15 March 1955
In office 3 May 1935 – 10 November 1937
In office 3 May 1915 – 6 September 1918
In office 3 May 1909 – 7 September 1910
Senator for Minas Gerais
In office 3 May 1927 – 24 October 1930
14th President of Minas Gerais
In office 7 September 1918 – 7 September 1922
Preceded by	Delfim Moreira
Succeeded by	Raul Soares de Moura

Personal details
Born	Artur da Silva Bernardes (1875-08-08)8 August 1875 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	23 March 1955(1955-03-23) (aged 79) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	PRM (1900–1937) UDN (1945) PR (1945–1955)
Spouse	Ciélia Vaz de Mello (m. 1903)
Alma mater	Faculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco
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Artur da Silva Bernardes (Portuguese: [aɾˈtuɾ da ˈsiwvɐ beɾˈnaɾdʒis]; 8 August 1875 – 23 March 1955) was a Brazilian politician who served as 12th President of Brazil during the First Brazilian Republic. Born in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, he was elected Governor of Minas Gerais in 1918. In 1922, he was elected President of Brazil and served until 1926. Facing a military rebellion, Bernardes ruled under a state of siege during most of the course of his term.

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"Arthur da Silva Bernardes" at the Brazilian Presidential Library

Political offices
Preceded by Delfim Moreira	Governor of Minas Gerais 1918–1922	Succeeded by Raul Soares de Moura
Preceded by Epitácio Pessoa	President of Brazil 1922–1926	Succeeded by Washington Luís

v t e Governors of Minas Gerais (1889–present)
Antônio Olinto Cesário Alvim João Pinheiro Domingos José da Rocha Chrispim Jacques Bias Fortes Álvares da Silva Augusto de Lima Gama Cerqueira Cesário Alvim Gama Cerqueira Afonso Pena Chrispim Jacques Bias Fortes Silviano Brandão Costa Sena Antônio de Salles João Pinheiro Bueno Brandão Venceslau Brás Bueno Brandão Delfim Moreira Artur Bernardes Raul Soares Olegário Maciel Melo Viana Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada Olegário Maciel Gustavo Capanema Benedito Valadares Nísio Batista João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho Noraldino Lima Alcides Lins Milton Campos Juscelino Kubitschek Clóvis Salgado da Gama José Francisco Bias Fortes José de Magalhães Pinto Israel Pinheiro Rondon Pacheco Aureliano Chaves Levindo Ozanan Coelho Francelino Pereira Tancredo Neves Hélio Garcia Newton Cardoso Hélio Garcia Eduardo Brandão Azeredo Itamar Franco Aécio Neves Antônio Anastasia Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior Fernando Pimentel Romeu Zema

v t e Presidents of Brazil
Old Republic (1889–1930)	Deodoro da Fonseca (1889–1891) ¤ Floriano Peixoto (1891–1894) Prudente de Morais (1894–1898) Campos Sales (1898–1902) Rodrigues Alves (1902–1906) Afonso Pena (1906–1909) † Nilo Peçanha (1909–1910) Hermes da Fonseca (1910–1914) Venceslau Brás (1914–1918) Rodrigues Alves (never took office) Delfim Moreira (1918–1919) ‡ Epitácio Pessoa (1919–1922) Artur Bernardes (1922–1926) Washington Luís (1926–1930) × Júlio Prestes (never took office)
Second Republic (1930–37)	Military Junta (Tasso Fragoso, Isaías de Noronha, Mena Barreto) (1930) Getúlio Vargas (1930–1937) ×
Estado Novo (1937–46)	Getúlio Vargas (1937–1945) × José Linhares (1945–1946)
Populist Republic (1946–64)	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1946–1951) Getúlio Vargas (1951–1954) † Café Filho (1954–1955) Carlos Luz (1955) Nereu Ramos (1955–1956) Juscelino Kubitschek (1956–1961) Jânio Quadros (1961) ¤ Ranieri Mazzilli (1961) João Goulart (1961–1964) ×
Military dictatorship (1964–85)	Ranieri Mazzilli (1964) Castelo Branco (1964–1967) Costa e Silva (1967–1969) † Pedro Aleixo (posthumous) Military Junta (1969) Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1969–1974) Ernesto Geisel (1974–1979) João Figueiredo (1979–1985)
New Republic (1985–present)	Tancredo Neves (never took office) José Sarney (1985–1990) Collor de Mello (1990–1992) ¤ Itamar Franco (1992–1995) Fernando H. Cardoso (1995–2003) Lula da Silva (2003–2011) Dilma Rousseff (2011–2016) + Michel Temer (2016–2019) Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2023) Lula da Silva (2023–present)
End of term: ¤ Resigned; † Died in office; × Coup d'état or self-coup; ‡ New elections held; + Impeached Category List