Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (
July 7,
1848 -
January 16,
1919) was a
Brazilian politician. He served as President of
São Paulo province in
1887 and as Treasury minister in the
1890s. Rodrigues Alves was elected president of
Brazil in
1902 and completed his term in
1906. He remodeled the then Brazilian capital,
Rio de Janeiro. He was again elected president in
1918 but did not take the oath of office due to his bout with the
Spanish flu. He was succeeded by his vice-president,
Delfim Moreira.
A native of the city of
Guaratinguetá, he graduated from Law School in the College of the Plaza of San Francisco,the class of 1870. His public career started as councilman in his native city, from 1866 to 1870. He became prosecutor in 1870. In 1872 he became a provincial member of the house of representatives until 1879. Still in the Empire, he occupied the position of President of the Province of São Paulo, from 1887 and until 1888. With the Republic, he was a constituent member of the house of representatives and representative (1891/1893). He occupied the position of Secretary of the Treasury twice, 1891/1892 and 1894/1896. His first mandate as president of São Paulo was from (
May 1,
1900 to
February 13,
1902) was completed by his vice president. He was a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic and was then elected to govern Brazil from 1902 to 1906 as ninth president of the State. He distinguished himself as a great city planner and public financier of the State. He applied his experience in the reurbanization of the capital of the Republic. He died in Rio De Janeiro, in 1919, not being able to assume the presidency of the Republic for the new term to which he had been elected.
See also:
List of Presidents of Brazil
