Estácio Coimbra

Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (22 October 1872 – 9 November 1937) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician.^[1]

Estácio Coimbra
Vice President of Brazil
In office 15 November 1922 – 14 November 1926
President	Artur Bernardes
Preceded by	Bueno de Paiva
Succeeded by	Melo Viana
President of Pernambuco
In office 12 December 1926 – 28 May 1930
Preceded by	Sérgio Loreto
Succeeded by	Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
In office 6 September 1911 – 13 December 1911
Preceded by	Herculano Bandeira
Succeeded by	João Carvalho
Federal Deputy for Pernambuco
In office 3 May 1915 – 15 November 1922
In office 2 May 1900 – 31 December 1911
Mayor of Barreiros
In office 1 January 1895 – 31 December 1902
Preceded by	Nicolau Pereira
Succeeded by	Samuel Herdeman
Personal details
Born	(1872-10-22)22 October 1872 Barreiros, Pernambuco, Empire of Brazil
Died	9 November 1937(1937-11-09) (aged 65) Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Spouse	Joana de Castelo Branco
Alma mater	Faculty of Law of Recife

Biography

Coimbra was born in an engenho in Barreiros, Pernambuco, to farming Portuguese João Coimbra and Francisca de Albuquerque Belo Coimbra. He obtained a law degree at the Recife Law School in 1892, and became mayor of his birthplace in 1894. On 10 January 1895, he was elected a state deputy to the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, and was the youngest person to be elected to the Chamber of Deputies until 1989, being a federal deputy between 1900 and 1912. As the president of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, he was designated Governor of Pernambuco in 1911 after resignation of the governor and the vice governor refuses to succeed him.^[2][3]

He get away from politics in 1912, only to return as deputy federal from 1915 to 1922. He also occupied the position of the Ministry of Agriculture during Epitácio Pessoa government (1919–1922) after becoming Vice President of Brazil in 1922. As Vice President, he also served as the President of the Senate.^[4] After leaving office in 1926, he took office of the state of Pernambuco, governing until the Brazilian Revolution of 1930. Then, he exiled himself in Lisbon along with his secretary Gilberto Freyre; after an amnesty he returned to Brazil in 1934, and died in Rio de Janeiro on 9 November 1937. His corpse was taken to Pernambuco and veiled at Palácio Joaquim Nabuco.^[2][5]

References

1. "Arthur Bernardes > Vice-presidente" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Presidential Library. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
2. Vainsencher, Semira Adler. "Estácio Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Fundação Joaquim Nabuco. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
3. "Senador Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Federal Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
4. "República Velha (1889 - 1930) - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br.
5. "Galeria dos Governadores: Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Portal Pernambuco. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

Political offices
Preceded by Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva	Vice President of Brazil 1922–1926	Succeeded by Fernando de Melo Viana