Carlos Luz

Carlos Coimbra da Luz (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁlus koˈĩbrɐ da ˈlus]; 4 August 1894 – 9 February 1961) was a Brazilian politician.

His Excellency Carlos Luz
Acting President of Brazil
In office 8 November 1955 – 11 November 1955
Preceded by	Café Filho
Succeeded by	Nereu Ramos (interim)
Personal details
Born	(1894-08-04)4 August 1894 Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	9 February 1961(1961-02-09) (aged 66) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Political party	PSD
Spouse(s)	Maria José Dantas (died) Graciema Junqueira
Children	2
Alma mater	Federal University of Minas Gerais
Other offices held 1955–1955: President of the Chamber of Deputies 1947–1961: Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais 1946–1946: Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs 1939–1946: Chair of Caixa Econômica Federal 1935–1937: Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais 1933–1935: Secretary of the Interior, Minas Gerais 1932–1933: Secretary of Agriculture, Transport and Public Works, Minas Gerais 1923–1932: Mayor of Leopoldina

After the political crisis following the Getúlio Vargas suicide in 1954, Carlos Luz was the second of three presidents who ruled Brazil in a brief period of 16 months. At the time of President Café Filho's alleged illness in 1955 he was the President of the Chamber of Deputies,[1] and so the next in the line of succession to the Presidency, since Filho had been the Vice President under Vargas. Luz headed the government only three days in November 1955 and was replaced by the Minister of Defence Henrique Teixeira Lott over his fear that Luz might support a plot to prevent President-elect Juscelino Kubitschek from taking office.[2]

As of 2019, Luz remains the shortest-serving President of Brazil.