Estácio Coimbra | |||||||||||
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| 10thVice President of Brazil | |||||||||||
| In office 15 November 1922 – 15 November 1926 | |||||||||||
| President | Artur Bernardes | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bueno de Paiva | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Melo Viana | ||||||||||
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| Born | (1872-10-22)22 October 1872 | ||||||||||
| Died | 9 November 1937(1937-11-09) (aged 65) Rio de Janeiro,Federal District, Brazil | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Joana de Castelo Branco | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law of Recife | ||||||||||
Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (22 October 1872 – 9 November 1937) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician.[1]
Coimbra was born in anengenho inBarreiros,Pernambuco, to farming Portuguese João Coimbra and Francisca de Albuquerque Belo Coimbra. He obtained alaw degree at theRecife Law School in 1892, and became mayor of his birthplace in 1894. On 10 January 1895, he was elected a state deputy to theLegislative Assembly of Pernambuco, and was the youngest person to be elected to theChamber of Deputies until 1989, being a federal deputy between 1900 and 1912. As the president of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, he was designatedGovernor of Pernambuco in 1911 after resignation of the governor and the vice governor refuses to succeed him.[2][3]
He got away from politics in 1912, only to return as deputy federal from 1915 to 1922. He also occupied the position of theMinistry of Agriculture during theEpitácio Pessoa government (1919–1922) after becomingVice President of Brazil in 1922. As Vice President, he also served as thePresident of the Senate.[4] After leaving office in 1926, he took office of the state of Pernambuco, governing until theBrazilian Revolution of 1930. Then, he exiled himself inLisbon along with his secretaryGilberto Freyre. After being granted amnesty he returned to Brazil in 1934, and died inRio de Janeiro on 9 November 1937. His corpse was taken to Pernambuco and buried at Palácio Joaquim Nabuco.[2][5]
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