Carlos Luz

Carlos Coimbra da Luz (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁlus koˈĩbrɐ da ˈlus]; 4 August 1894 – 9 February 1961) was a Brazilian politician.[1]

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Coimbra and the second or paternal family name is Luz.
His Excellency

Carlos Luz
President of Brazil
In office
November 8, 1955 – November 11, 1955
Vice PresidentNone
Preceded byCafé Filho
Succeeded byNereu Ramos (interim)
Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais
In office
February 1, 1947 – January 31, 1963
In office
May, 1935 – 1938
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
February 2, 1955 – November 8, 1955
Preceded byNereu Ramos
Succeeded byJosé Antônio Flores da Cunha
Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs
In office
January 31, 1946 – October 2, 1946
PresidentEurico Gaspar Dutra
Preceded byAntônio de Sampaio Dória
Succeeded byBenedito Costa Neto
Chairman of the Federal Savings Bank
In office
July, 1939 – February, 1946
PresidentGetúlio Vargas
José Linhares
Secretary of the Interior of Minas Gerais
In office
December 15, 1932 – May, 1935
GovernorBenedito Valadares
Secretary of Agriculture, Transport and Public Works of Minas Gerais
In office
September, 1932 – December 15, 1932
GovernorBenedito Valadares
Mayor of Leopoldina
In office
January 1, 1924 – December 31, 1930
Alderman of Leopoldina
In office
1923 – December 31, 1923
Personal details
Born(1894-08-04)4 August 1894
Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died9 February 1961(1961-02-09) (aged 66)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Political partyPSD
Other political
affiliations		PP
Spouse(s)Maria José Dantas (died)
Graciema Junqueira da Luz
Children2
Alma materFederal University of Minas Gerais

After the political crisis following the Getúlio Vargas suicide in 1954, Carlos Luz was the second of three presidents who ruled Brazil in a brief period of 16 months. At the time of President Café Filho's alleged illness in 1955 he was the President of the Chamber of Deputies[2], and so the next in the line of succession to the Presidency, since Filho had been the Vice President under Vargas. Luz headed the government only three days in November 1955 and was replaced by the Minister of Defence Henrique Teixeira Lott over his fear that Luz might support a plot to prevent President-elect Juscelino Kubitschek from taking office.[3]

As of 2019, Luz remains the shortest-serving President of Brazil.

References
  1. LEOPOLDINENSE.COM.BR. "História do Município de Leopoldina". Jornal Leopoldinense (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  2. "Presidentes da Câmara dos Deputados". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados.
  3. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893215,00.html
Political offices
Preceded by
Café Filho		 President of Brazil
1955		 Succeeded by
Nereu Ramos
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