Júlio Prestes
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Júlio Prestes | |
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President of Brazil | |
Did not take office[a] | |
Vice President | Vital Soares |
Preceded by | Washington Luís |
Succeeded by | Military Junta of 1930 |
13th President of São Paulo | |
In office July 14, 1927 – May 21, 1930 | |
Vice President | Heitor Teixeira Penteado |
Preceded by | Carlos de Campos |
Succeeded by | Heitor Teixeira Penteado |
Federal Deputy for São Paulo | |
In office May 3, 1923 – July 13, 1927 | |
State Deputy of São Paulo | |
In office April 7, 1909 – April 7, 1923 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque March 15, 1882 Itapetininga, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil |
Died | February 9, 1946 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 63)
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Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (Portuguese pronunciation: ['ʒulju 'pɾɛstʃis dʒi awbu'kɛɾki]; March 15, 1882 – February 9, 1946) was a Brazilian poet, lawyer and politician. He was the last elected President of Brazil of the period known as República Velha, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930. Júlio Prestes was the only politician who was elected President of Brazil to be impeded of taking office. He was the last person born in São Paulo to be elected President of Brazil.
On June 23, 1930 he became the second Brazilian person to be covered on the Time magazine.[1]
Early career
Prestes graduated with a Law degree from the Law School of São Paulo in 1906 (today's Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo). He married with Alice Viana Prestes, and had three children with her.
He started his political career in 1909, when he was elected State Representative in São Paulo by the Republican Party of São Paulo (PRP). He was reelected several times until 1923, defending the public employee in São Paulo.
As a State representative, he introduced legislation that created the Court of Auditors of São Paulo and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnology of University of São Paulo. He was the author of the law that incorporated the Sorocabana Railroad to the São Paulo State patrimony.
In Revolution of 1924, he fought on the Coluna Sul, with Ataliba Leonel and Washington Luís, expelling the rebels of the region of Sorocaba.
Notes
- ^ Júlio Prestes, elected on 1 March 1930, never took office due to the 1930 coup that deposed his predecessor Washington Luís.
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