Ruler · 1869 – 1957

Washington Luís

Lived 1869 – 1957; politician. President of Brazil (Brazil), 1926 – 1930; also in the line of First Brazilian Republic.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1869 – 1957; 88 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Brazil

Brazil · the 13th of 41 dated reigns · 1889 – 2023

9 before

Delfim Moreira1918 – 1919

Epitácio Pessoa1919 – 1922

Artur Bernardes1922 – 1926

Washington Luís1926 – 1930

Brazilian Military Junta of 19301930

Getúlio Vargas1930 – 1945

José Linhares1945 – 1946

25 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1926 – 1930 · 4 years · came to it aged 57

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: deposed

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 Revolution of 1930 and was succeeded as president by the short-lived Brazilian Military Junta in the last few months of 1930.

Also in the line of First Brazilian Republic (13th of 13).

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