Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná
| The Marquis of Paraná | |
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Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, at age 55, 1856
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| President of the Council of Ministers | |
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In office 20 January 1843 – 2 February 1844 |
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| Monarch | Pedro II |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Alves Branco, 2nd Viscount of Caravelas |
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In office 6 September 1853 – 3 September 1856 |
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| Monarch | Pedro II |
| Preceded by | Joaquim Rodrigues Torres, Viscount of Itaboraí |
| Succeeded by | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias |
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11 January 1801 Jacuí, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Portuguese colony) |
| Died | 3 September 1856 (aged 55) Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
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| Spouse(s) | Maria Henriqueta Neto |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (11 January 1801 – 3 September 1856) was a politician, diplomat, judge and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Paraná was born to a family of humble means in São Carlos do Jacuí, in what was then the captaincy of Minas Gerais. After attending the University of Coimbra in Portugal and having returned to Brazil, Paraná was appointed a judge in 1826 and later elevated to appellate court justice. In 1830, he was elected to represent Minas Gerais in the Chamber of Deputies; he was re-elected in 1834 and 1838, and held the post until 1841.
In the aftermath of Dom Pedro I's abdication in 1831, a regency created to govern Brazil during the minority of the former Emperor's son, Dom Pedro II, soon dissolved into chaos. Paraná formed a political party in 1837 that became known as the Reactionary Party, which evolved into the Party of Order in the early 1840s and in the mid-1850s into the Conservative Party. He and his party's stalwart and unconditional defence of constitutional order allowed the country to move beyond a regency plagued by factious disputes and rebellions that might easily have led to a dictatorship. Appointed president of Rio de Janeiro Province in 1841, Paraná helped put down a rebellion headed by the opposition Liberal Party the following year. Also in 1842, he was elected senator for Minas Gerais and appointed by Pedro II to the Council of State. In 1843, he became the de facto first president (prime minister) of the Council of Ministers, but resigned after a quarrel with the Emperor.
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