Júlio Prestes

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
In office
Did not take office
Vice President Vital Soares (elect)
Preceded by Washington Luís
Succeeded by Military Junta of 1930
13th Governor of São Paulo
In office
July 14, 1927  May 21, 1930
Lieutenant Heitor Teixeira Penteado
Preceded by Carlos de Campos
Succeeded by Heitor Teixeira Penteado
Personal details
Born Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque
March 15, 1882
Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brazilian Empire
Died February 9, 1946(1946-02-09) (aged 63)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (March 15, 1882 February 9, 1946) was a Brazilian politician. Governor of São Paulo state in 1926, he was elected president of Brazil on March 1, 1930, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930 that brought Getúlio Vargas to power, three weeks before Prestes' scheduled inauguration on November 15, 1930.

Government offices
Preceded by
Carlos de Campos
Governor of São Paulo
19271930
Succeeded by
Pedro Manuel de Toledo


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