Estácio Coimbra
Estácio Coimbra | |
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| 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 | 22 October 1872 Barreiros, Pernambuco, Empire of Brazil |
| Died | 9 November 1937 (aged 65) Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil |
| Spouse | Joana de Castelo Branco |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law of Recife |
Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (22 October 1872 – 9 November 1937) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician.[1]
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Arthur Bernardes > Vice-presidente" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Presidential Library. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ a b Vainsencher, Semira Adler. "Estácio Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Fundação Joaquim Nabuco. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Senador Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Federal Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "República Velha (1889 - 1930) - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br.
- ^ "Galeria dos Governadores: Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Portal Pernambuco. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
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- 1872 births
- 1937 deaths
- 19th-century Brazilian lawyers
- Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
- Federal University of Pernambuco alumni
- Governors of Pernambuco
- Mayors of places in Brazil
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) from Pernambuco
- People from Barreiros, Pernambuco
- Presidents of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
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- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco
- Brazilian exiles
- Candidates for Vice President of Brazil