Augusto Tasso Fragoso

General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, better known as Tasso Fragoso (São Luiz, Maranhão August 28, 1869 – September 20, 1945) was a Brazilian soldier and author. He led a coup d'état that deposed Washington Luís on 24 October 1930 and prevented president-elect Julio Prestes from assuming the presidency of the Republic of Brazil. He was chief of the Provisional Governing Council (Junta Governativa Provisória) which handed the presidency to Getúlio Vargas on 3 November 1930. He was also the cousin of Portuguese President António Óscar Fragoso Carmona.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Tasso and the second or paternal family name is Fragoso.
General

Augusto Tasso Fragoso
Member of the Brazilian Military Junta
In office
24 October 1930 – 3 November 1930
Interim President of Brazil
Personal details
Born(1869-08-28)28 August 1869
São Luís, Empire of Brazil
Died20 September 1945(1945-09-20) (aged 76)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Works
  • A Revolução Farroupilha
  • Históra da Guerra entre a Tríplice Aliança e o Paraguai (1934, in 5 volumes).
  • Os Franceses no Rio de Janeiro.

Bibliography
  • Araripe, General Tristão de Alençar, Tasso Fragoso − Um pouco de História do Nosso Exército, Biblioteca do Exército Editora, 1960.
  • Koifman, Fábio, Organizador −Presidentes do Brasil, Editora Rio, 2001.


References
Preceded by
Washington Luís		 Member of the Brazilian Military Junta
Interim President of Brazil
alongside Isaías de Noronha, Mena Barreto
1930		 Succeeded by
Getúlio Vargas


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