Washington Luís
President of Brazil from 1926 to 1930 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈwɔʃĩtõ luˈis peˈɾejɾɐ dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; 26 October 1869 – 4 August 1957) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 13th president of Brazil. Elected governor of São Paulo state in 1920 and president of Brazil in 1926, Washington Luís belonged to the Republican Party of São Paulo (PRP) and served as the last president of the First Brazilian Republic.[1][2]
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President of Brazil | |||||||||||||||
In office 15 November 1926 – 24 October 1930 | |||||||||||||||
Vice President | Melo Viana | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Artur Bernardes | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Military Junta (acting) | ||||||||||||||
Senator for São Paulo | |||||||||||||||
In office 30 November 1925 – 14 November 1926 | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Alfredo Ellis | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Arnolfo Azevedo | ||||||||||||||
President of São Paulo | |||||||||||||||
In office 1 May 1920 – 1 May 1924 | |||||||||||||||
Vice President | Virgílio Rodrigues Alves | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Altino Arantes | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Carlos de Campos | ||||||||||||||
Mayor of São Paulo | |||||||||||||||
In office 15 January 1914 – 15 August 1919 | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Raimundo Duprat | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Rocha Azevedo | ||||||||||||||
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Born | (1869-10-26)26 October 1869 Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil | ||||||||||||||
Died | 4 August 1957(1957-08-04) (aged 87) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
Political party | PRP | ||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Sofia Paes de Barros
(m. 1900; died 1934) | ||||||||||||||
Children | Florinda Rafael Luís Caio Luís Vítor Luís | ||||||||||||||
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Alma mater | Faculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco | ||||||||||||||
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Facing the crisis generated by the Great Depression in the United States, the president lost almost all his support. He selected his friend Júlio Prestes as his successor in 1930, but just three weeks before the end of his term, Luís was overthrown in a coup d'etat during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 and was succeeded as president by the short-lived Brazilian Military Junta in the last few months of 1930.