Júlio Prestes

Júlio Prestes
President of Brazil
 
Did not take office[lower-alpha 1]
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(1946-02-09) (aged 63)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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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.

Government offices
Preceded by
Carlos de Campos		 Governor of São Paulo
1927–1930		 Succeeded by
Pedro Manuel de Toledo
Preceded by
Washington Luís		 President-elect of Brazil
1930		 Succeeded by
Military Junta of 1930

Notes

  1. ↑ Júlio Prestes, elected on 1 March 1930, never took office due to the 1930 coup that deposed his predecessor Washington Luís.

References

  1. ↑ "Júlio Prestes na capa da revista americana Time". Time.com.


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