Baron of Cotegipe | |
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| Prime Minister of Brazil | |
| In office 20 August 1885 – 10 March 1888 | |
| Monarch | Pedro II |
| Preceded by | José Antônio Saraiva |
| Succeeded by | João Alfredo de Oliveira |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 27 January 1887 – 8 February 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Joaquim Ribeiro da Luz |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Wallace MacDowell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1815 |
| Died | 13 February 1889(1889-02-13) (aged 73) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Occupation | Politician |
João Maurício Vanderlei orWanderley, first and only baron of Cotegipe (23 October 1815 – 13 February 1889), was a Brazilianmagistrate and politician of theConservative Party.
Born as the son of João Maurício Vanderlei, aDutch descendant,[1] and Francisca Antónia do Livramento, ofPortuguese ancestry.
He graduated from the University of Olinda in 1837 with a bachelor's degree in Law and was Marine Minister, Farm Minister, External Minister and Justice Minister ofBrazil. He was alsoPresident of the Senate of Brazil from 1881 to 1885,[2] andPresident of the Council of Ministers from 1885 until 1888 and president of theBanco do Brasil.
He was responsible for the approvement of theSexagenarians Law in 1885, which granted freedom toslaves who were older than 60 years old.
He was dismissed from his post byPrincess Isabel during her third regency in 1888. Months later, as a senator, he was the only one to vote against the approval of theGolden Law, which abolished slavery. He is assigned the dialogue with the Princess where he says: "Your Highness released a race but lost the throne" to which the Princess promptly replied: "A thousand thrones I had, a thousand thrones I would give to liberate the slaves of Brazil"
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