Epitácio Pessoa
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| 11th President of Brazil | |||||||||||
| In office 28 July 1919 – 15 November 1922 | |||||||||||
| Vice President | Delfim Moreira (1919–1920) None (Jul–Nov 1920) Bueno de Paiva (1920–1922) | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Delfim Moreira | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Artur Bernardes | ||||||||||
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| Born | 23 May 1865 Umbuzeiro, Paraíba, Empire of Brazil | ||||||||||
| Died | 13 February 1942 (aged 76) Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||
| Political party | Republican Party of Minas Gerais | ||||||||||
| Spouses | Francisca Justina das Chagas
(m. 1894; died 1895)Maria da Conceição de Manso Sayão
(m. 1898) | ||||||||||
| Relations | João Pessoa (nephew) | ||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Recife Law School | ||||||||||
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Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa (Portuguese pronunciation: [epiˈtasju lĩˈdowfu dɐ ˈsiwvɐ peˈsoɐ]; 23 May 1865 – 13 February 1942) was a Brazilian politician and jurist who served as the 11th president of Brazil between 1919 and 1922, when Rodrigues Alves was unable to take office due to illness, after being elected in 1918. His period of government was marked by military revolts that would culminate in the Revolution of 1930, which brought Getúlio Vargas into control of the federal government.
In addition to his term as president, Pessoa served as Minister of Justice, a justice in the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Attorney General, a two-term Federal Deputy, a three-term Senator, Chief of the Brazilian delegation for the Treaty of Versailles, and a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.
In 1921, President Epitácio Pessoa, concerned about causing a geopolitical faux pas, is known for having banned any non-white players from Brazil national football team.