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Deodoro da Fonseca

1827 - 1892

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Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛw deoˈdɔɾu da fõˈsekɐ]; 5 August 1827 – 23 August 1892) was a Brazilian politician and military officer who served as the Head of Provisional Government and the first president of Brazil. He was born in Alagoas in a military family, followed a military career, and became a national figure. Fonseca took office as provisional president after heading a military coup that deposed Emperor Pedro II and established the First Brazilian Republic in 1889, disestablishing the Empire. After his election in 1891, he stepped down the same year under great political pressure when he dissolved the National Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Deodoro da Fonseca is the 3,395th most popular politician (down from 3,295th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 61st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Deodoro da Fonseca was a Brazilian military leader who served as the first president of Brazil. He is most famous for his role in the Brazilian War of Independence.

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Among politicians, Deodoro da Fonseca ranks 3,395 out of 19,576. Before him are Gunthamund, Crixus, Catherine of Braganza, Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Ahmose-Nefertari, and Khaled Mashal. After him are Natalya Naryshkina, Ahmad al-Mansur, Sambhaji, Abolhassan Banisadr, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Diaochan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Deodoro da Fonseca ranks 10. Before him are Josef Strauss, Ellen G. White, Francisco Solano López, Marcellin Berthelot, Heonjong of Joseon, and Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia. After him are Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, William Holman Hunt, Charles De Coster, Jyotirao Phule, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, and Oswald Achenbach. Among people deceased in 1892, Deodoro da Fonseca ranks 15. Before him are Richard Owen, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Rudolf von Jhering, Annibale de Gasparis, Louis Vuitton, and Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia. After him are Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Henry Walter Bates, Thomas Cook, and Tewfik Pasha.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Deodoro da Fonseca ranks 62 out of 2,236. Before him are Ademir de Menezes (1922), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), Leônidas (1913), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), João Goulart (1918), and Pepe (1983). After him are Anita Garibaldi (1821), Gérson (1941), Zizinho (1921), Carlos Ghosn (1954), Roberto Carlos (1941), and Caetano Veloso (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Deodoro da Fonseca ranks 12. Before him are Michel Temer (1940), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), and João Goulart (1918). After him are Anita Garibaldi (1821), Tancredo Neves (1910), Ernesto Geisel (1907), João Figueiredo (1918), Zumbi (1655), and Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905).

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