Afonso Pena
6th president of Brazil · Brazil · Politicians · Lived 1847 to 1909 · aged 61
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Something wrong?Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena was a Brazilian lawyer, professor, and politician who served as the sixth president of Brazil, from 1906 until his death in 1909. Pena was elected in 1906, the chosen successor of president Rodrigues Alves.
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The Caraça School, by Marianne North, c. 1873
Pena in his youth, unknown date
The Faculty of Law in 1862, by Militão Augusto de Azevedo
Revista Illustrada in 1885 satirizes the Saraiva-Cotegipe Law by depicting Prime Minister José Antônio Saraiva burying old slaves who died before they could be set free
Proclamation of the Republic, by Benedito Calixto, 1893Family
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Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena was a Brazilian lawyer, professor, and politician who served as the sixth president of Brazil, from 1906 until his death in 1909. Pena was elected in 1906, the chosen successor of president Rodrigues Alves. Pena was the first politician from Minas Gerais to win the presidency, ending the series of politicians from São Paulo who had held the presidency since 1894. Before his presidency, he served as the 4th vice president of Brazil, under Rodrigues Alves (1903-1906) after the death of Silviano Brandão. Pena was a monarchist. He was the only member of Emperor Pedro II's cabinet to become president of Brazil and the first Brazilian president to die in office.
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