Floriano Vieira Peixoto

His Excellency Floriano Peixoto
Marshal Floriano in 1891
2nd President of Brazil
In office 23 November 1891 – 15 November 1894
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Deodoro da Fonseca
Succeeded by	Prudente de Morais
1st Vice President of Brazil
In office 26 February 1891 – 23 November 1891
President	Deodoro da Fonseca
Preceded by	Inaugural holder
Succeeded by	Manuel Vitorino
Other positions President of the Federal Senate In office 26 February 1891 – 23 November 1891 Preceded by Paulino de Sousa Succeeded by Prudente de Morais Minister of War In office 19 April 1890 – 22 January 1891 President Deodoro da Fonseca Preceded by Eduardo Wandenkolk Succeeded by Falcão da Frota President of the Mato Grosso Province In office 13 September 1884 – 5 October 1885 Monarch Pedro II Preceded by The Baron of Batovi Succeeded by Ramos Ferreira
Personal details
Born	(1839-04-30)30 April 1839 Maceió, Alagoas, Empire of Brazil
Died	29 July 1895(1895-07-29) (aged 56) Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Josina Peixoto (m. 1872–1895; his death)
Signature
Military service
Nickname(s)	The Iron Marshal
Allegiance	Empire of Brazil Brazil
Service/branch	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1861–1889
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Paraguayan War

Floriano Vieira Peixoto (Portuguese pronunciation: [floriˈɐ̃nu viˈejrɐ dʒi araˈuʒu pejˈʃotu] 30 April 1839 – 29 July 1895), born in (today a district of the city of Maceió in the State of Alagoas), nicknamed "Iron Marshal", was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the Paraguayan War, and the second President of Brazil. He is the first Vice President of Brazil to have succeeded a former President mid-term.

Floriano Peixoto was an army Marshal when elected vice-president in February 1891. Later, in November 1891, he rose to the presidency following the resignation of Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, the first president of Brazil. Floriano Peixoto came to the presidency in a difficult period of the new Brazilian Republic, which was in the midst of a general political and economic crisis made worse by the effects of the bursting of the Encilhamento economic bubble.

As a hard dictator, Floriano Peixoto defeated a naval officers' rebellion against him in 1893–1894 and a seditious military movement in the States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina during the same years. His government was marked by increased centralization of power and nationalism.

He is often referred to as "the Consolidator of the Republic" or "The Iron Marshal". He left the presidency on 15 November 1894. In spite of his unpopularity, he was responsible for the consolidation of the new Republican Government.

Desterro, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina, was renamed Florianópolis as punishment for its participation in the Federalist Revolution in 1894.