FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL

In 1889 an army revolt ended the Brazilian Monarchy, the country becoming a Republic and adopting a federal constitution in 1891. (1) (1) See here for the member states. ____________________________________________________________________________
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HEADS OF STATE

Head of the Provisional Government Chefe do Governo Provisório 1889 - 1891 Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca 1827 - 1892 Presidents Presidentes 1891 Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, resigned s.a. 1891 - 1894 Floriano Vieira Peixoto* (2) 1839 - 1895 1894 - 1898 Prudente José de Morais Barros 1841 - 1902 1898 - 1902 Manuel Ferraz de Campos Salles 1841 - 1913 1902 - 1906 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves 1848 - 1919 1906 - 1909 Affonso Augusto Moreira Penna 1847 - 1909 1909 - 1910 Nilo Procópio Peçanha 1867 - 1924 1910 - 1914 Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca 1855 - 1923 1914 - 1918 Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes 1868 - 1966 1918 - 1919 Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (3) 1868 - 1920 1919 - 1922 Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa 1865 - 1942 1922 - 1926 Artur da Silva Bernardes 1875 - 1955 1926 - 1930 Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, deposed in a military coup 1869 - 1957 Governing Junta (4) Junta Governativa 1930 -Augusto Tasso Fragoso (chairman) 1869 - 1945 -João de Deus Menna Barreto 1874 - 1933 -José Isaías de Noronha 1873 - 1963 Head of the Provisional Government Chefe do Governo Provisório 1930 - 1934 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas 1883 - 1954 President Presidente 1934 - 1945 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (5) s.a. (2) In 1893 parts of the Army - followed by part of the Navy - revolted against Teixoto, whose succession as acting president they considered as unconstitutional. At the same time the Partido Federalista of Rio Grande do Sul also started a revolt - the so-called Revolta Federalista - first only directed against the government of the state but later also against the central government, when it started supporting the state government. Soon both rebel groups joined forces and established a Governo Provisório da República Brasileira(Provisional Government of the Brazilian Republic) whose territory - or rather zone of military operations - included the States of Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina (whose city of Desterro became the seat of the new government) In 1894 the provisional government was crushed, but some leaders continued to fight until 1895 when they made peace with the new president. Leaders of the Military Revolt 1893 - 1894 Adm. Custodio José de Mello 1840 - 1902 1893 - 1895 Adm Luis Filipe de Saldanha da Gama, killed in battle 1846 - 1895 Leaders of the Federalist Revolt Political Leader 1893 - 1894 Gaspar Silveira Martins 1834 - 1901 Military Leaders 1893 - 1894 -Gen. Gumercino Saraiva 1852 - 1894 -Gen. Joao Nunes da Silva Tavares "Joca Tavares", barao de Itaqui President of the Provisional Government of the Brazilian Republic Presidente do Governo Provisório da República Brasileira 1893 - 1894 Capt. Frederico Guilherme de Lorena, executed 1839 - 1894 (3) Acting president for Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (s.a.) who was elected president for the term 1918 - 1922, (2x) but didn't take office due to his bad health. (4) President-elect for the term 1930 - 1934 Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (1882 - 1946), didn't take office as a result of the coup (5) In 1935 the Brazilian Communist Party attempted to set up a Governo Nacional Popular Revolucionário to be headed by Luís Carlos Prestes (1898 - 1990) a leading member of the Comitê Militar Revolucionário already set up in 1929 (?). There were revolts on several places, the most important being that taking place in the State of Rio Grande do Norte were the rebels even seized power for a brief moment. All were suppressed after a few days ____________________________________________________________________________

MINISTERS

Defence.Home Affairs and JusticeFinance
Ministers of Foreign Affairs Ministers and Secretaries of State of Foreign Affairs Ministros e Secretarios de Estado dos Negócios Estrangeiros 1889 - 1890 Quintino Antônio Fereira de Sousa Bocayuya 1836 - 1912 1890 Joaquim Thomaz do Amaral (visconde de Cabo Frio)* 1818 - 1907 1890 Eduardo Wandenkolk* 1838 - 1902 1890 - 1891 Quintino Antonio Fereira de Sousa Bocayuya (2x) 1891 Tristão de Alencar Araripe* 1821 - 1908 1891 Justo Leite Chermont 1857 - 1926 Ministers of State of Foreign Relations Ministros de Estado das Relações Exteriores 1891 Constantino Luíz Paletta 1862 - 1938 1891 Custódio José de Mello* 1840 - 1902 1891 - 1892 Fernando Lobo Leite Pereira 1851 - 1918 1892 Innocêncio Serzedello Corrêa 1858 - 1932 1892 Custódio José de Mello* (2x) 1892 - 1893 Antônio Francisco de Paula e Souza 1863 - 1917 1893 Felisbello Firmo de Oliveira Freire 1858 - 1916 1893 João Felippe Pereira 1863 - 1950 1893 Carlos Augusto de Carvalho 1851 - 1905 1893 - 1894 Alexandre Cassiano do Nascimento 1856 - 1912 1894 - 1896 Carlos Augusto de Carvalho (2x) 1896 - 1898 Dionysio Evangelista de Castro Cerqueira 1847 - 1910 1898 - 1902 Olyntho Máximo de Magalhães 1867 - 1948 1902 José Joaquim Seabra* 1855 - 1942 1902 - 1912 José Maria da Silva Paranhos,(barão do Rio Branco) 1845 - 1912 1912 Enéas Martins* 1872 - 1919 1912 - 1917 Lauro Severiano Müller 1863 - 1926 1917 - 1918 Nilo Procópio Peçanha s.a. 1918 - 1919 DomÍcio da Gama 1863 - 1925 1919 Augusto Cochrane de Alencar* 1865 - 1927 1919 - 1922 José Manuel de Azevedo Marques 1865 - 1943 1922 - 1926 José Félix Alves Pacheco 1879 - 1935 1926 - 1930 Octávio Mangabeira 1886 - 1960 1930 - 1933 Afrânio de Mello Franco 1870 - 1943 1933 - 1934 Félix de Barros Cavalcânti de Lacerda* 1880 - 1950 1934 - 1936 José Carlos de Macedo Soares 1883 - 1968 1936 - 1938 Mário de Pimentel Brandão 1889 - 1956 1938 - 1944 Oswaldo Euclydes de Souza Aranha 1894 - 1960 1944 - 1945 Pedro Lão Velloso* 1887 - 1947 1945 José Roberto de Macedo Soares* 1893 - 1953 1945 Pedro Lão Velloso* (2x) 1945 José Roberto de Macedo Soares* (2x) Ministers of Defence
War.Navy.Air
Ministers of State of War Ministros de Estado da Guerra 1889 - 1890 Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães 1836 - 1891 1890 Eduardo Wandenkolk* s.a. 1890 - 1891 Floriano Vieira Peixoto s.a. 1891 Antônio Nicoláo Falcão da Frota 1834 - 1900 1891 - 1892 José Simião de Oliveira 1838 - 1893 1892 Custódio José de Mello* s.a. 1892 - 1893 Francisco Antônio de Moura 1839 - 1910 1893 - 1894 Antônio Enéias Gustavo Galvão* 1832 - 1895 1894 Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura Costallat 1845 - 1904 1894 - 1896 Bernardo Vasques 1837 - 1902 1896 - 1897 Dionysio Evangelista de Castro Cerqueira* s.a. 1897 Francisco de Paula Argollo 1847 - 1930 1897 Carlos Machado de Bittencourt 1840 - 1897 1897 - 1898 João Thomaz de Cantuária 1835 - 1908 1898 - 1902 João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet 1840 - 1907 1902 - 1906 Francisco de Paula Argollo (2x) 1906 - 1908 Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca s.a. 1908 - 1909 Luís Mendes de Morais 1850 - 1914 1909 Carlos Eugênio de Andrade Guimarães 1851 - 1920 1909 - 1910 José Bernardino Bormann 1844 - 1919 1910 - 1911 Emigdio Dantas Barreto 1848 - 1931 1911 - 1912 Antônio Adolpho da Fontoura Menna Barreto 1846 - 1923 1912 - 1914 Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva 1852 - 1924 1914 - 1918 José Caetano de Faria 1855 - 1920 1918 - 1919 Alberto Cardoso de Aguiar 1864 - 1919 1919 Alfredo Pinto Vieira de Mello* 1847 - 1923 1919 - 1922 João Pandiá Callógeras 1870 - 1934 1922 - 1926 Fernando Setembrino de Carvalho 1861 - 1947 1926 - 1930 Nestor Sezefredo dos Passos 1872 - 1941 1930 - 1932 José Fernandes Leite de Castro 1871 - 1950 1932 - 1933 Augusto Inácio do Espírito Santo Cardoso 1867 - 1947 1933 - 1934 Pedro de Alcântara Cavalcânti de Albuquerque 1884 - 1934 - 1935 Pedro Aurélio de Góis Monteiro 1889 - 1956 1935 - 1936 Joâo Gomes Ribeiro Filho 1871 - 1947 1936 - 1945 Eurico Gaspar Dutra 1883 - 1947 Ministers of State of the Navy Ministros de Estado da Marinha 1889 - 1891 Eduardo Wandenkolk s.a. 1891 Fortunato Fóster Vidal 1832 - 1915 1891 - 1893 Custódio José de Mello s.a. 1893 - 1894 Felipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves 1831 - 1902 1894 Francisco José Coelho Neto 1830 - 1911 1894 Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura Costallat* s.a. 1894 José Gonçalves Duarte 1836 - 1913 1894 - 1896 Elizário José Barboza 1830 - 1896 1896 - 1898 Manoel José Alves Barboza 1845 - 1907 1898 - 1899 Carlos Baltazar da Silveira 1843 - 1913 1899 - 1902 José Pinto da Luz 1843 - 1903 1902 - 1906 Júlio César de Noronha 1845 - 1923 1906 - 1910 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar 1848 - 1926 1910 - 1912 Joaquim Marques Baptista de Leão 1847 - 1913 1912 - 1913 Manoel Ignácio Belfort Vieira 1854 - 1913 1913 Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva* s.a. 1913 - 1918 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar (2x) 1918 - 1919 Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira 1865 - 1926 1919 - 1920 Raul Soares de Moura 1877 - 1924 1920 - 1921 Joaquim Ferreira Chaves 1852 - 1937 1921 - 1922 João Pedro da Veiga Miranda 1881 - 1936 1922 - 1926 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar (3x) 1926 - 1930 Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz 1875 - 1961 1930 José Isaías de Noronha s.a. 1930 - 1931 Conrado Heck 1873 - 1931 1931 - 1935 Protógenes Pereira Guimarães 1876 - 1938 1935 - 1945 Henrique Aristides Guilhem 1875 - 1949 Minister of State for the Air Force Ministro de Esrado da Aeronáutica (The Ministry of the Air Force was set up in 1941 by the merger of the Divisions of Air of the Ministries of War and Navy, established since 1913/1918) 1941 - 1945 Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho 1888 - 1950 Ministers of Home Affairs and Justice Ministers and Secretaries of State of Affairs of the Interior Ministros e Secretarios de Estado dos Negócios do Interior 1889 - 1890 Aristides da Silveira Lobo 1838 -1896 1890 - 1891 José Cesário de Faria Alvim 1839 - 1903 1891 Tristão de Alencar Araripe s.a. 1891 - 1892 José Hygino Duarte Pereira 1857 - 1901 1892 Fernando Lobo Leite Pereira s.a. Ministers and Secretaries of State of Affairs of Justice Ministros e Secretarios de Estado dos Negócios da Justiça 1889 Ruy Barbosa* 1849 - 1923 1889 - 1891 Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales s.a. 1891 Henrique Pereira de Lucena (barão de Lucena) 1835 - 1913 1891 Antonio Luiz Affonso de Carvalho 1828 - 1892 1891 - 1892 José Hygino Duarte Pereira* s.a. 1892 Fernando Lobo Leite Pereira s.a. Ministers of State of Justice and of Affairs of the Interior Ministros de Estado da Justiça e Negócios Interiores 1892 - 1893 Fernando Lobo Leite Pereira s.a. 1893 - 1894 Alexandre Cassiano do Nascimento* s.a. 1894 - 1896 Antônio Gonçalves Pereira 1846 - 1930 1896 - 1897 Alberto de Seixas Martins Torres 1865 - 1917 1897 Bernardino José de Campos Júnior* 1841 - 1915 1897 - 1898 Amaro Bezerra Cavalcânti de Albuquerque 1851 - 1922 1898 - 1901 Epitácio da Silva Pessoa 1865 - 1942 1901 - 1902 Sabino Alves Barroso Júnior 1859 - 1919 1902 - 1906 José Joaquim Seabra 1855 - 1942 1906 Félix Gaspar de Barros e Almeida 1865 - 1907 1906 - 1909 Augusto Tavares de Lyra 1872 - 1958 1909 - 1910 Esmeraldino Olympio de Torres Bandeira 1865 - 1928 1910 - 1913 Rivadávia da Cunha Corrêa 1866 - 1920 1913 - 1914 Uladislau Herculano de Freitas Guimarães 1867 - 1926 1914 - 1918 Carlos Maximiliano Pereira dos Santos 1873 - 1960 1918 Amaro Bezerra Cavalcânti de Albuquerque* 1851 - 1922 1918 - 1919 Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo 1859 - 1922 1919 - 1921 Alfredo Pinto Vieira de Mello 1847 - 1923 1921 - 1922 Joaquim Ferreira Chaves* 1852 - 1937 1922 - 1925 João Luís Alves 1872 - 1925 1925 Anníbal Freire da Fonseca* 1884 - 1970 1925 - 1926 Affonso Augusto Moreira Penna Júnior 1879 - 1968 1926 Anníbal Freire da Fonseca* (2x) 1926 - 1930 Augusto Viana do Castello 1874 - 1953 1930 Gabriel Loureiro Bernardes* 1890 - 1935 1930 Afrânio de Melo Franco* 1870 - 1943 1930 - 1931 Osvaldo Euclydes de Souza Aranha 1894 - 1960 1931 - 1932 Joaquim Maurício Cardoso 1888 - 1938 1932 Francisco Luís da Silva Campos* 1891 - 1968 1932 Afrânio de Mello Franco* 1870 - 1943 1932 - 1934 Francisco Antunes Maciel Júnior 1879 - 1966 1934 - 1937 Vincente Ráo 1892 - 1978 1937 Agamenon Sérgio Godoy de Magalhães* 1893 - 1952 1937 José Carlos de Macedo Soares 1883 - 1968 1937 - 1942 Francisco Luís da Silva Campos 1891 - 1968 1942 - 1943 Alexandre Marcondes Machado Filho* 1892 - 1943 Fernando Antunes* 1887 - 1950 1943 - 1945 Alexandre Marcondes Machado Filho* (2x) 1945 Agamenon Sérgio Godóy de Magalhães 1893 - 1952 Ministers of Finance Ministers of State of Finance Ministros de Estado da Fazenda 1889 - 1891 Ruy Barbosa s.a. 1891 Tristão de Alencar Araripe s.a. 1891 Henrique Pereira de Lucena (barão de Lucena) s.a. 1891 Antão Gonçalves de Faria 1854 - 1936 1891 - 1892 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves Filho 1848 - 1919 1892 - 1893 Innocêncio Serzedello Corrêa s.a. 1893 - 1894 Felisbello Firmo de Oliveira Freire s.a. 1894 Alexandre Cassiano do Nascimento* s.a. 1894 - 1896 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves 1848 - 1919 1896 - 1898 Bernardino José de Campos Júnior 1841 - 1915 1898 - 1902 Joaquim Duarte Murtinho 1848 - 1911 1902 Sabino Alves Barroso Júnior 1859 - 1919 1902 - 1906 José Leopoldo de Bulhões Jardim 1857 - 1928 1906 - 1909 David Moretzson Campista 1863 - 1911 1909 - 1910 José Leopoldo de Bulhões Jardim (2x) 1910 - 1913 Francisco Antônio de Salles 1865 - 1933 1913 - 1914 Rivadávia da Cunha Corrêa 1866 - 1920 1914 - 1915 Sabino Alves Barroso Júnior 1859 - 1919 1915 - 1917 João Pandiá Callógeras s.a. 1917 - 1918 Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada 1870 - 1946 1918 Augusto Tavares de Lyra* 1872 - 1958 1918 - 1919 Amaro Bezerra Cavalcânti de Albuquerque s.a. 1919 João Ribeiro de Oliveira e Sousa 1863 - 1933 1919 - 1922 Homero Baptista 1861 - 1924 1922 - 1925 Rafael de Abreu Sampaio Vidal 1873 - 1941 1925 - 1926 Anníbal Freire da Fonseca s.a. 1926 - 1928 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas s.a. 1928 - 1930 Francisco Chaves de Oliveira Botelho 1868 - 1943 1930 Agenor Lafayette de Roure 1870 - 1935 1930 - 1931 José Maria Whitaker 1878 - 1970 1931 - 1934 Oswaldo Euclydes de Souza Aranha 1894 - 1960 1934 - 1945 Artur de Souza Costa 1893 - 1957
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