Luís Viana Filho

Luís Viana Filho was born in Paris and his birth certificate was registered in Salvador. He was the son of the last governor of Bahia in the 19th century, Luís Viana. He graduated in law in 1929, but exercised the profession of journalist, corresponding to the newspapers in the Bahian capital " Diário da Bahia " and "A Tarde ".

In 1934 he entered politics, being elected federal deputy, being removed due to the coup of the Estado Novo, which returned him to journalism. One of the founders of the PSD, he was re-elected to the same post, after the end of the Vargas Era, in 1945, in successive terms until 1966, when he became incompatible to run for the state government – in an election along the lines of the Military Regime, whose installation in the country he had supported – having been, since 1964, Extraordinary Minister for Affairs of the Civil Cabinet of the exception regime.

On September 3, 1966, he was elected, indirectly, by the Legislative Assembly, taking office the following year.

Professor of Private International Law and History of Brazil at the Federal University of Bahia. As a historian, he published some books.

He was a member of the Historical and Geographic Institute of Bahia; the Academia de Letras da Bahia ; meritorious member of the Brazilian Historical and Geographic Institute; corresponding member of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture, the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon and the Portuguese Academy of History.

After the period of government, already by the Arena, he was elected to the Senate, where he chaired the Foreign Relations Commission and the Federal Senate itself, in the 1979–80 biennium. He died in 1990, when he was serving his second term as a senator, having also integrated the PDS and PMDB.

Luís Viana Filho was the only person to integrate all three Constituent Assemblies of the 20th Century (1934, 1946 and 1987–88).

As part of the period known as " Brazilian Miracle ", marked by strong industrialization and exacerbated external indebtedness, Luís Viana Filho begins the construction of the industrial park in Bahia, in Aratu, revolving around the petrochemical industry (CIA – Centro Industrial de Aratu).

In the inaugural speech he says his government is based on the trinomial "Order, Work and Morality". It promotes some reforms in teaching, but, always focused on the construction of classrooms and not on the effective preparation of the teaching profession, since its government the State witnessed the decline of the quality of public education, a process led by the regime to which it was affiliated.

In her government she received a visit from Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

He was elected to the Academy on April 8, 1954, the third member of Chair 22, whose patron is José Bonifacio. He took office on April 15 of the following year, received by Menotti Del Picchia.

On the subject of politics (especially the Military dictatorship period of 1964 he served), his vision of history, and especially his biographies (from Rui Barbosa to Anísio Teixeira – this in his last work) the books published by Luís Via Filho were:

• 1932: The Law of Employees in Commerce . Bahia: Almeida, 1932. 241 p
• 1936: The Language of Brazil . Bahia: A Gráfica, 1936. 70 p
• 1938: The Sabinada. The Bahian Republic of 1837 . Rio de Janeiro: J. Olympio, 1938. 210 p.
• 1941: The Life of Rui Barbosa . São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional, 1941. 301 p.
• 1945: The Truth in Biography . Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Civilization, 1945. 171 p.
• 1946: The Negro in Bahia . Rio de Janeiro: J. Olympio, 1946. 167 p.
• 1949: Rui and Nabuco . Rio de Janeiro: J. Olympio, 1949. 230 p
• 1952: The Life of Joaquim Nabuco . São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional, 1952. 355 p.
• 1954: Anthology by Rui Barbosa . Rio de Janeiro: House of Rui Barbosa, 1954. 250 p.
• 1956: Miguel Osório . Rio de Janeiro: Simões, 1956. 76 p.
• 1958: Bahia Espoliada . Rio de Janeiro: Department of National Press, 1958. 16 p.
• 1959: The Life of the Baron of Rio Branco . Rio de Janeiro: J. Olympio, 1959. 458 p

Nationality of Societies . Salvador: Graphic Arts, 1959. 83 p

• 1963: Afrânio Peixoto . Rio de Janeiro: Act, 1963. 118 p
• 1965: The Life of Machado de Assis . São Paulo: Martins, 1965. 289 p.
• 1966: Centenary of Aloysio de Carvalho . Salvador: Academia de Letras da Bahia, 1966. 33 p.
• 1968: Rui Barbosa and the Military . Salvador: Imprensa Oficial da Bahia, 1968. 7 p.
• 1972: Rui's Last Year in Bahia . Salvador: Imprensa Oficial da Bahia, 1972. 11 p.
• 1974: Praise of Antonio da Silva Melo . Rio de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Letras, 1974. 49 p.
• 1975: In favor of the Northeast . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1975. 37 p.

Teachers' Salary and National Education . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1975. 24 p. The Castello Branco Government . Rio de Janeiro: J. Olympio, 1975. 571 p Homage to Marshal Juarez Távora . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1975. 15 p. In favor of the Northeast . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1975. 37 p. Eleven years of renewal and progress . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1975. 12 p.

• 1976: Bahia: The path of development . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1976. 16 p.
• 1977: Action of the word . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1977. 146 p

The political moment . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1977. 15 p. The memories of Senator Daniel Krieger . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1977. 7 p. Rui Barbosa: six conferences . Rio de Janeiro: House of Rui Barbosa, 1977. 74 p.

• 1979: The new phase of the Republic . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1979. 10 p.

Education and the Northeast . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1979. 15 p. The Life of José de Alencar . Rio de Janeiro: J. Olympio, 1979. 311 p.

• 1980: A new congress . Brasília: 1980. 6 p.

Sub lege released . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1980. 8 p.

• 1981: Ambassador Oscar Camilion . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1981. 9 p

The truth about CEPLAC . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1981. 11 p. Education issues in the Northeast . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1981. 14 p. João Mangabeira: The man and the politician . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1981. 19 p. Three statesmen: Rui, Nabuco, Rio Branco . Rio de Janeiro: J. Olympio; Brasília: INL, 1981. 1,218 p.

• 1982: Luís Viana Filho, A historian at the Academia Brasiliense de Letras . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1982. 23 p.

Education in the North and Northeast . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1982. 14 p.

• 1983: Formal sitting in honor of their majesties the kings of Spain, D. Juan Carlos I and D. Sofia . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1983. 26 p.

Senator Nilo Coelho . Brasília: Federal Senate, Graphic Center 1983. 10 p. Presidential successions . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1983. 24 p. The Life of Eça de Queiroz . Porto: Lello, 1983. 320 p.

• 1984: Petrochemical and industrialization of Bahia: 1967–1971 . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1984. 153 p.
• 1986: Octavio Mangabeira: A man in the storm . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1986. 57 p.

Castelo Branco: Testimonies of an era . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1986. 116p. Days that changed Brazil . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1986. 14 p.

• 1987: Inauguration of the Álvaro Nascimento Library . Salvador: Academia de Letras da Bahia, 1987. 17 p.
• 1988: God help Brazil . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1988. 30 p.

Homage to Rômulo de Almeida . Brasília: Federal Senate, 1988. 32 p.

• 1990: Centennial of Wanderley Pinho . Brasília: Federal Senate, Centro Grafico, 1990. 17 p.

Anísio Teixeira: the education controversy . Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1990. 210 p.

• Grand Cross of the Order of Ipiranga of the Brazilian state of São Paulo;[1]
• Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ of Portugal (January 17, 1966);[2]
• Grand Officer of the Military Order of Torre e Espada, of Valor, Loyalty and Merit of Portugal (February 26, 1971);[3]
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal (September 22, 1981);[4]

• Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique de Portugal (July 14, 1986);
• Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction of Portugal (November 26, 1987).