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Washington Luís

1869 - 1957

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Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈwɔʃĩtõ luˈis peˈɾejɾɐ dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; 26 October 1869 – 4 August 1957) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 13th president of Brazil. Elected governor of São Paulo state in 1920 and president of Brazil in 1926, Washington Luís belonged to the Republican Party of São Paulo (PRP) and served as the last president of the First Brazilian Republic. Facing the crisis generated by the Great Depression in the United States, the president lost almost all his support. He selected his friend Júlio Prestes as his successor in 1930, but just three weeks before the end of his term, Luís was overthrown in a coup d'état during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 and was succeeded as president by the short-lived Brazilian Military Junta in the last few months of 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Washington Luís is the 7,927th most popular politician (down from 7,427th in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 147th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Washington Luís ranks 7,927 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Johann Patkul, Lew Sapieha, Eulji Mundeok, Song Jiaoren, and Gaius Fulvius Plautianus. After him are Walter VI, Count of Brienne, Ottone Visconti, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Hor, Richilde of Provence, and Han Zheng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Washington Luís ranks 67. Before him are Yevno Azef, Michael von Faulhaber, Zinaida Gippius, Gerrit Smith Miller, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, and Hans Poelzig. After him are Otto Nordenskjöld, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Valdemar Poulsen, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Algernon Blackwood, and Ramón Menéndez Pidal. Among people deceased in 1957, Washington Luís ranks 82. Before him are Shūmei Ōkawa, Álvaro Gestido, Rudolf Schmidt, Dorothy L. Sayers, Pedro Infante, and Josef Hofmann. After him are Zhou Xuan, Rezső Kasztner, Paul Walden, Carlos Castillo Armas, Elizabeth Hesselblad, and Albert Anastasia.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Washington Luís ranks 167 out of 2,236. Before him are Oscar (1954), Baden Powell (1937), Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior (1954), Dino Sani (1932), Zózimo (1932), and José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920). After him are Orlando Peçanha (1935), Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará (1875), Francisco Aramburu (1922), Venceslau Brás (1868), Dirceu (1952), and Pierre Clostermann (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Washington Luís ranks 29. Before him are Bernardino Machado (1851), Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948), Floriano Peixoto (1839), Jânio Quadros (1917), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), and Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883). After him are Venceslau Brás (1868), Afonso Pena (1847), Prudente de Morais (1841), Geraldo Alckmin (1952), Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), and Café Filho (1899).

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