Júlio Prestes

Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒulju ˈpɾɛstʃiz dʒi awbuˈkɛɾki]; March 15, 1882 – February 9, 1946) was a Brazilian poet, lawyer and politician. He was the last elected President of Brazil of the period known as the República Velha, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930. Prestes was the only politician to be elected President of Brazil and then impeded from taking office.[1] He was also the last person born in São Paulo to be elected president until the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Prestes and the second or paternal family name is Albuquerque.

Júlio Prestes
President of Brazil
 
Did not take office[lower-alpha 1]
Vice PresidentVital Soares
Preceded byWashington Luís
Succeeded byMilitary Junta of 1930
13th President of São Paulo
In office
July 14, 1927 – May 21, 1930
Vice PresidentHeitor Teixeira Penteado
Preceded byCarlos de Campos
Succeeded byHeitor Teixeira Penteado
Federal Deputy for São Paulo
In office
May 3, 1923 – July 13, 1927
State Deputy of São Paulo
In office
April 7, 1909 – April 7, 1923
Personal details
Born
Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque

March 15, 1882
Itapetininga, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
DiedFebruary 9, 1946(1946-02-09) (aged 63)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyRepublican Party of São Paulo
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On June 23, 1930, he became the second Brazilian featured on the cover of Time magazine.[2]

Early career

Prestes graduated with a law degree from the Law School of São Paulo (today the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo) in 1906. He married Alice Viana Prestes and had three children with her.

He started his political career in 1909, when he was elected State Representative in São Paulo by the Republican Party of São Paulo (PRP). He was re-elected several times until 1923, and became noted for his defense of the public employee in São Paulo.

As a State Representative, he introduced legislation that created the Court of Auditors of São Paulo and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnology of the University of São Paulo. He was the author of the law that incorporated the Sorocabana Railroad in the São Paulo State patrimony.

In the Revolution of 1924, Prestes fought on the Coluna Sul, with Ataliba Leonel and Washington Luís, expelling the rebels of the region of Sorocaba.

Political offices
Preceded by
Carlos de Campos		 13th President of São Paulo
1927–1930		 Succeeded by
Pedro Manuel de Toledo
Preceded by
Washington Luís		 President of Brazil
Elect
1930		 Succeeded by
Military Junta of 1930

Notes
  1. Júlio Prestes, elected on 1 March 1930, never took office due to the 1930 coup that deposed his predecessor Washington Luís.

References
  1. "Uruguay - The struggle for national identity". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  2. "Júlio Prestes na capa da revista americana Time". Time.com.
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