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Ruy Barbosa

1849 - 1923

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Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira (5 November 1849 – 1 March 1923), also known as Rui Barbosa, was a Brazilian politician, writer, jurist, and diplomat. He was a prominent defender of civil liberties who called for the abolition of slavery in Brazil, Barbosa represented Brazil in the second Hague convention, argued for Brazil's participation in World War I on the side of the Allies, and personally ordered the destruction of all government records pertaining to slavery while he was Minister of Finance. He was forced into exile during the presidency of Floriano Peixoto, as his economic policies while he was finance minister paved the way for a disaster in the Brazilian economy. After exile, Barbosa ran for the presidency multiple times, though all of his attempts ultimately failed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruy Barbosa is the 14,234th most popular politician (down from 10,598th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 270th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ruy Barbosa ranks 14,234 out of 19,576. Before him are Theodbert of Bavaria, Juan Bautista Pérez, Tithraustes, Keir Hardie, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, and Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene. After him are James G. Blaine, Ture Nerman, Andrés Quintana Roo, Li Changchun, Juan Luis Sanfuentes, and Joseph De Combe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Ruy Barbosa ranks 84. Before him are Christian Rohlfs, Józef Chełmoński, Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Prosper-René Blondlot, Giovanni Passannante, and Ivan Evstratiev Geshov. After him are Fernand de Langle de Cary, Alfhild Agrell, José Manuel Pando, Panas Myrny, William Knox D'Arcy, and John Hartley. Among people deceased in 1923, Ruy Barbosa ranks 86. Before him are Kadambini Ganguly, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, Vatslav Vorovsky, Stefanos Dragoumis, Itō Noe, and Ernst Hartwig. After him are Alfhild Agrell, Tommaso Salvadori, Georg von Rosen, Gustav Lindau, Wilhelm Killing, and Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ruy Barbosa ranks 499 out of 2,236. Before him are Giovanna Antonelli (1976), Victor Meirelles (1832), Eusébio Scheid (1932), Chico Landi (1907), Mano Menezes (1962), and Murilo Benício (1971). After him are Luiz Luz (1909), Marcos Paquetá (1958), José Serra (1942), Alexandre Torres (1966), Rachel de Queiroz (1910), and Benedicto de Moraes Menezes (1906).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Ruy Barbosa ranks 61. Before him are Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918), Jaime Lerner (1937), Marina Silva (1958), Júlio Prestes (1882), Clodovil Hernandes (1937), and Leonel Brizola (1922). After him are José Serra (1942), José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1845), Paulo Maluf (1931), Pedro Diniz (1970), José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819), and Celso Amorim (1942).

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