Washington Luís
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| 13th President of Brazil | |||||||||||||
| In office 15 November 1926 – 24 October 1930 | |||||||||||||
| Vice President | Melo Viana | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Artur Bernardes | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 October 1869 Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil | ||||||||||||
| Died | 4 August 1957 (aged 87) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||
| Political party | PRP | ||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Sofia Paes de Barros
(m. 1900; died 1934) | ||||||||||||
| Children | Florinda Rafael Luís Caio Luís Vítor Luís | ||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Faculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco | ||||||||||||
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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.