Estácio Coimbra

Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra (October 22, 1872 – November 9, 1937) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician.[1]

Estácio Coimbra
Vice President of Brazil
In office November 15, 1922 – November 14, 1926
President	Arthur Bernardes
Preceded by	Bueno de Paiva
Succeeded by	Fernando de Melo Viana
President of Pernambuco
In office 12 December 1926 – 28 May 1930
Preceded by	Sérgio Loreto
Succeeded by	Lima Cavalcanti
In office 6 September 1911 – 13 December 1911
Preceded by	Herculano Bandeira
Succeeded by	Bezerra de Carvalho
Personal details
Born	October 22, 1872 Barreiros, Pernambuco
Died	November 9, 1937 (aged 65) Rio de Janeiro
Spouse(s)	Joana de Castelo Branco Coimbra

Biography

Coimbra was born in an engenho in Barreiros, Pernambuco, to farming Portuguese João Coimbra and Francisca de Albuquerque Belo Coimbra. He obtained a law degree at the Recife Law School in 1892, and became mayor of his birthplace in 1894. On January 10, 1895, he was elected a state deputy to the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, and was the youngest person to be elected to the Chamber of Deputies until 1989, being a federal deputy between 1900 and 1912. As the president of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco, he was designated Governor of Pernambuco in 1911 after resignation of the governor and the vice governor refuses to succeed him.[2][3]

He get away from politics in 1912, only to return as deputy federal from 1915 to 1922. He also occupied the position of the Ministry of Agriculture during Epitácio Pessoa government (1919–1922) after becoming Vice President of Brazil in 1922. As Vice President, he also served as the President of the Senate.[4] After leaving office in 1926, he took office of the state of Pernambuco, governing until the Brazilian Revolution of 1930. Then, he exiled himself in Lisbon along with his secretary Gilberto Freyre; after an amnesty he returned to Brazil in 1934, and died in Rio de Janeiro on November 9, 1937. His corpse was taken to Pernambuco and veiled at Palácio Joaquim Nabuco.[2][5]

References

1. "Arthur Bernardes > Vice-presidente" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Presidential Library. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
2. Vainsencher, Semira Adler. "Estácio Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Fundação Joaquim Nabuco. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
3. "Senador Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Federal Senate. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
4. "República Velha (1889 - 1930) - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br.
5. "Galeria dos Governadores: Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra" (in Portuguese). Portal Pernambuco. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2014.