Estácio Coimbra
Estácio Coimbra | |
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11th Vice President of Brazil | |
In office November 15, 1922 – November 15, 1926 | |
President | Arthur Bernardes |
Preceded by | Bueno de Paiva |
Succeeded by | Fernando de Melo Viana |
15th and 21st President of Pernambuco | |
In office 12 December 1926 – 28 May 1930 | |
Preceded by | Sérgio Loreto |
Succeeded by | Lima Cavalcanti |
In office 6 September 1911 – 13 December 1911 | |
Preceded by | Herculano Bandeira |
Succeeded by | Bezerra de Carvalho |
Personal details | |
Born | Barreiros, Pernambuco | October 22, 1872
Died | November 9, 1937 Rio de Janeiro | (aged 65)
Spouse | Joana de Castelo Branco Coimbra |
Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (October 22, 1872 – November 9, 1937) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician.[1]
Biography
Coimbra was born in a engenho in Barreiros, Pernambuco, to farming Portuguese João Coimbra and Francisca de Albuquerque Belo Coimbra. He obtained a law degree at the Recife Law School in 1892, and became mayor of his birthplace in 1894. On January 10, 1895, he was elected a state deputy to the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, and was the youngest person to be elected to the Chamber of Deputies until 1989, being a federal deputy between 1900 and 1912. As the president of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, he was designated Governor of Pernambuco in 1911 after resignation of the governor and the vice governor refuses to succeed him.[2][3]
He get away from politics in 1912, only to return as deputy federal from 1915 to 1922. He also occupied the position of the Ministry of Agriculture during Epitácio Pessoa government (1919–1922) after becoming Vice President of Brazil in 1922. After leaving office in 1926, he took office of the state of Pernambuco, governing until the Brazilian Revolution of 1930. Then, he exiled himself in Lisbon along with his secretary Gilberto Freyre; after an amnesty he returned to Brazil in 1934, and died in Rio de Janeiro on November 9, 1937. His corpse was taken to Pernambuco and veiled at Palácio Joaquim Nabuco.[2][4]
References
- ^ "Arthur Bernardes > Vice-presidente" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Presidential Library. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ a b Vainsencher, Semira Adler. "Estácio Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Fundação Joaquim Nabuco. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Senador Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Federal Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Galeria dos Governadores: Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Portal Pernambuco. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- 1872 births
- 1937 deaths
- Brazilian lawyers
- Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
- Federal University of Pernambuco alumni
- Governors of Pernambuco
- Mayors of places in Brazil
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Pernambuco
- People from Pernambuco
- Presidents of the Federal Senate
- Vice Presidents of Brazil
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco
- Brazilian exiles