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Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa 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 bel
Official portrait, 1926
Washington Luís and his cabinet, 1926
The deposed president leaves the Guanabara Palace after the 1930 military coup d'état (October 24).
The Brazilian military junta of 1930, also known as the Pacification Junta, seized power during the Revolution of 1930 and governed Brazil from 24 October to 3 November 1930, when the junta leaders ha
Washington Luís
…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. Luis was born in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. He moved to São Paulo, where he was educated and graduated from the University…
The Brazilian military junta of 1930. Clockwise: General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, leader, Admiral José Isaías de Noronha, and General João de Deus Mena Barreto.
Getúlio Vargas (center) and his followers in Itararé on the way to Rio de Janeiro after the Revolution of 1930
Vargas and the military junta. Noronha is the man in the black suit and tie, and right of him are standing Mena Barreto, Vargas, and Tasso Fragoso.