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Delfim Moreira

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Delfim Moreira
Official portrait, 1918
10th President of Brazil
In office
15 November 1918 – 28 July 1919
Acting: 15 November 1918 – 16 January 1919
Vice PresidentNone
Preceded byVenceslau Brás
Succeeded byEpitácio Pessoa
Vice President of Brazil
In office
15 November 1918 – 1 July 1920
PresidentRodrigues Alves (elect)
Himself (1918–1919)
Epitácio Pessoa (1919–1920)
Preceded byUrbano Santos
Succeeded byBueno de Paiva
Other offices held
1914–1918President of Minas Gerais
1910–1914Secretary of the Interior of Minas Gerais
1909–1911Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais
1907–1909State Senator of Minas Gerais
1902–1906Secretary of the Interior of Minas Gerais
1894–1900State Deputy of Minas Gerais
1893–1893President of the Municipal Chamber of Santa Rita do Sapucaí
Personal details
Born(1868-11-07)7 November 1868
Cristina, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil
Died1 July 1920(1920-07-01) (aged 51)
Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political partyPRM
Spouse
Francisca Ribeiro de Abreu
(m. 1891)
Children6
Parents
  • Antônio Moreira da Costa (father)
  • Maria Cândida Ribeiro (mother)
Alma materFaculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco
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Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (Portuguese: [dewˈfĩ moˈɾejɾɐ da ˈkɔstɐ ʁiˈbejɾu]; 7 November 1868 – 1 July 1920) was a Brazilian politician who served as tenth president of Brazil.

Biography

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He was born in Minas Gerais state to a Portuguese father and to a Portuguese Brazilian mother who traced her ancestry back to the early settlers of Brazil.[1]

Delfim Moreira, elected vice president under Rodrigues Alves in 1918, provisionally ruled the country as the Brazilian Constitution provided for new elections in case of disability of the president before completing two years in office. Rodrigues Alves never even entered office, for he was stricken by the "Spanish flu" and died on 16 January 1919. Delfim Moreira himself also did not have good health, suffering from some psychological conditions, therefore his short tenure was known as "the republican regency" since the government Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Afrânio de Melo Franco, stood out in the president's decision-making.

Three days after the new government took over the country, a general strike hit the capital and the city of Niterói. The president ordered the closure of unions in Rio de Janeiro, on 22 November.

On 21 June 1919, a dissident faction of the anarchists founded the Brazilian Communist Party. Four months later, the government expelled from the country about a hundred of them, mostly foreigners, who worked in the workers movement of the cities of São Paulo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, due to the discovery of an alleged plot aimed at overthrowing the government.

When Epitácio Pessoa was elected the new president, Moreira became his vice president. As vice president, he also served as the President of the Senate.[2] He died in the city of Santa Rita do Sapucaí, on 1 July 1920. He was succeeded by Bueno de Paiva.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "República Velha (1889 - 1930) - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br.
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Political offices
Preceded by President of Brazil
1918–1919
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice President of Brazil
1918–1920
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Minas Gerais
1914–1918
Succeeded by