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Júlio Prestes
President of São Paulo from 1927 to 1930 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Prestes and the second or paternal family name is Albuquerque.
Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒulju ˈpɾɛstʃiz dʒi awbuˈkɛʁki]; 15 March 1882 – 9 February 1946) was a Brazilian poet, lawyer and politician. He was the last elected President of Brazil of the period known as the Old Republic, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930. Prestes was the only politician to be elected President of Brazil and then impeded from taking office. He was also the last person born in São Paulo to be elected president until the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018.
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President-elect of Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In role 21 May 1930 – 24 October 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice President | Vital Soares (elect) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Washington Luís | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Military Junta (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque 15 March 1882 Itapetininga, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 February 1946(1946-02-09) (aged 63) São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Profession | Lawyer, landowner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On 23 June 1930, he became the second Brazilian featured on the cover of Time magazine.[1]