Júlio Prestes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Prestes and the second or paternal family name is Albuquerque.

Júlio Prestes
President-elect of Brazil
In role May 21, 1930 – October 24, 1930
Vice President	Vital Soares (elect)
Preceded by	Washington Luís
Succeeded by	Military Junta (interim)
President of São Paulo
In office July 14, 1927 – May 21, 1930
Vice President	Heitor Teixeira Penteado
Preceded by	Carlos de Campos
Succeeded by	Heitor 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
Died	February 9, 1946(1946-02-09) (aged 63) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	Republican Party of São Paulo
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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 Old Republic, 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. He was also the last person born in São Paulo to be elected president until the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018.

On June 23, 1930, he became the second Brazilian featured on the cover of Time magazine.

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.

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Júlio Prestes in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW