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Nilo Peçanha

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Nilo Peçanha
President of Brazil
In office
14 June 1909  14 November 1910
Preceded byAfonso Pena
Succeeded byHermes da Fonseca
Vice President of Brazil
In office
15 November 1906  14 June 1909
PresidentAfonso Pena
Preceded byAfonso Pena
Succeeded byVenceslau Brás
Personal details
Born(1867-10-02)2 October 1867
Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died31 March 1924(1924-03-31) (aged 56)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political partyRio Republican Party
Spouse(s)Anita de Castro Belisário de Sousa
Signature
Other offices held

Nilo Procópio Peçanha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnilu proˈkɔpju peˈsãɲɐ]; 2 October 1867 – 31 March 1924) was a Brazilian politician. He was the 7th President of Brazil. He was Governor of Rio de Janeiro State (1903–1906), then elected Vice President of Brazil in 1906.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

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  1. BEATTIE, Peter M. The Tribute of Blood: Army, Honor, Race, and Nation in Brazil, 1864–1945. Duke University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8223-2743-0, ISBN 978-0-8223-2743-1. pp. 7. (visited 3 September 2008)
  2. GIFFIN, Donald W. The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Aug., 1964), pp. 437–439. Review of TINOCO, Brígido. A vida de Nilo Peçanha. Coleção Documentos Brasileiros, Livraria José Olympio Editora, RJ, 1962. (visited 3 September 2008)
  3. MÉTRAUX, Alfred. Brazil, Land of Harmony for all Races?. UNESCO Courier, Volume IV, no 4 April 1951; pp. 3 (visited 3 September 2008)
  4. ANDRADE, Manuel Correia de. A Civilização Açucareira. Recife:Biblioteca On-line do SEBRAE-PE. pp. 3[permanent dead link] (visited 8 August 2008)
  5. CAMPOS, Diego de Souza Araújo. Um Estudo sobre a Escravidão em suas Relações com a Hierarquia Social: Heranças e Particularidades da Instituição Escravocrata. Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciências Sociais. Rio de Janeiro: PUC-Rio, setembro de 2007. pp. 61[permanent dead link] (visited 2 September 2008)
  6. VASCONCELLOS, Francisco de. As Grandes Damas do Rio Negro na República Velha in Petrópolis:Tribuna de Petrópolis; 20 May 2001 Archived 22 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine (visited 9 August 2008)