Marquis of Caravelas | |
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| Regent of the Empire of Brazil | |
| In office 7 April 1831 – 3 May 1831 Serving with Lima e Silva,Campos Vergueiro | |
| Monarch | Pedro II |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Permanent Triumviral Regency (Portuguese:Regência Trina Permanente) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1768-03-04)4 March 1768 |
| Died | 8 September 1836(1836-09-08) (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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José Joaquim Carneiro de Campos, the first Viscount and Marquis of Caravelas (4 March 1768 – 8 September 1836) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, diplomat and professor.[1]
The son of José Carneiro de Campos and Custódia Maria do Sacramento, he studied at theSão Bento Monastery inSalvador, and studied theology and law at theUniversity of Coimbra. InLisbon, he held the position of officer of the Secretary of Finance of Portugal.[2][3]
He was general deputy, minister of justice, minister of foreigners, adviser to the Empire and senator of theEmpire of Brazil from 1826 to 1836.[3]
First Viscount with grandeur and then Marquis of Caravelas. He succeededJosé Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva in the Ministry of Empire and Foreign Affairs, when Bonifácio resigned from the ministry in 1823.[2][4]
Carneiro de Campos was one of the drafters of theImperial Constitution, whose project he signed in 1823. For part of the historiography, he was the main drafter of the project.[5] He opposed thedissolution of the Constituent Assembly, which took place on 11 November 1823, and left the government in protest.[4]
He held several important positions in the Empire, including that of member of theProvisional Triumviral Regency that governed the country from 7 April to 17 June 1831, immediately after theabdication of emperor Pedro I. The other members wereFrancisco de Lima e Silva andNicolau Pereira de Campos Vergueiro.[4]