Nilo Procópio Peçanha was the seventh president of the Republic of Brazil, of June 14, 1909 and November 15, 1910.
Nilo Peçanha was elected to be Afonso Pena's deputy (1847-1909) and when he died, he assumed the presidential office at the age of 42.
Biography and Government of Nilo Peçanha
Nilo Peçanha was born on October 2, 1867 in Campos, Rio de Janeiro. In 1887, he graduated in Recife and held several political positions after founding the Fluminense Republican Party in 1888.
He was federal deputy and senator until he resigned to occupy the presidency. He is among the signatories of the Convention of Taubaté.
He arrived in 1906, to the position of vice president and assumed the presidency after the death of Afonso Pena. After the foray as president, he was again deputy.
He tried unsuccessfully to get the presidency again. He came to occupy the position of Senator for Rio de Janeiro, where he died on March 31, 1924.
His government was marked by the intensification of conflicts between the oligarchies of São Paulo and Minas Gerais that practiced the so-called policy of coffee with milk.
In his government, there was an incentive to technical-professional education and the creation of the SPI (Indian Protection Service), which was later transformed into an autarchy and called Funai (National Indian Foundation).
See also:Brazilian Black Personalities