His Excellency Washington Luís |
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13th President of Brazil | |
In office 15 November 1926 – 24 October 1930 |
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Vice President | Fernando de Melo Viana |
Preceded by | Artur Bernardes |
Succeeded by | Military Junta of 1930 |
Member of the Federal Senate from São Paulo |
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In office 30 June 1925 – 3 May 1926 |
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Preceded by | Alfredo Ellis |
Succeeded by | Arnolfo Azevedo |
11th Governor of São Paulo | |
In office 1 May 1920 – 1 May 1924 |
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Lieutenant | Virgilio Rodrigues Alves |
Preceded by | Altino Arantes |
Succeeded by | Carlos de Campos |
3rd Mayor of São Paulo | |
In office 15 January 1914 – 15 August 1919 |
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Preceded by | Raimundo Duprat |
Succeeded by | Rocha Azevedo |
Member of a Legislative Assembly | |
In office 14 July 1912 – 14 January 1914 |
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Constituency | São Paulo |
In office 7 April 1904 – 12 May 1906 |
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Constituency | São Paulo |
Secretary of Justice of São Paulo | |
In office 13 May 1906 – 6 April 1912 |
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Governor | Jorge Tibiriçá Albuquerque Lins |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Mario Bastos Cruz |
Mayor of Batatais | |
In office 1897–1899 |
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Preceded by | Francisco Bernardes Corrêa |
Succeeded by | Renato Jardim |
Personal details | |
Born |
Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa 26 October 1869 Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
Died | 4 August 1957 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
(aged 87)
Nationality | Brazilian |
Political party | Republican Party of São Paulo |
Spouse(s) | Sofia Paes de Barros (m. 1900; d. 1934) |
Children | Florinda Rafael Luís Caio Luís Vítor Luís |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈwɔʃĩtõ luˈiz peˈɾejɾɐ dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; 26 October 1869 – 4 August 1957) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 13th President of Brazil, the last of the First Brazilian Republic.
His family was of Portuguese Romani descent. He was born in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, and moved to São Paulo, where he became a lawyer. 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 (see also café com leite, coronelismo).
Facing the 1929 crisis, 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.