Café Filho

Café Filho
Official portrait, 1954
18th President of Brazil
In office
24 August 1954  8 November 1955[nb]
Vice PresidentNone
Preceded byGetúlio Vargas
Succeeded byCarlos Luz
13th Vice President of Brazil
In office
31 January 1951  3 September 1954
PresidentGetúlio Vargas
Preceded byNereu Ramos
Succeeded byJoão Goulart
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 February 1946  31 January 1951
ConstituencyRio Grande do Norte
In office
2 May 1935  10 November 1937
ConstituencyRio Grande do Norte
Personal details
Born(1899-02-03)3 February 1899
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Died20 February 1970(1970-02-20) (aged 71)
Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil
Political partyPSN (1933–1937)
PSP (1946–1965)
Spouse
Jandira Fernandes de Oliveira
(m. 1921)
Children1
Profession
  • Journalist
  • lawyer
Signature
n.b. ^ Acting president between 24 August 1954 and 3 September 1954. On leave of absence between 3 November 1955 and 21 November 1955. Impeached by Congress on 22 November 1955.

João Fernandes Campos Café Filho (Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w feʁˈnɐ̃dʒis ˈkɐ̃pus kaˈfɛ ˈfiʎu]; 3 February 1899 – 20 February 1970) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 18th president of Brazil, taking office upon the suicide of President Getúlio Vargas. He was the first Protestant to occupy the position.