Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles (; 15 February 1841 – 28 June 1913) was a

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ian

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, coffee farmer, and

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who served as the fourth

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. He was born in the city of

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. He graduated as a lawyer from the Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco, São Paulo, in 1863. He served as a provincial deputy three times, general deputy once, and also as minister of justice (1889–1891), senator and governor of

(1896–1897). The pinnacle of his political career was his election as president of

, an office he held between 1898 and 1902. Austere financial reforms were adopted during his tenure under Minister of Finance Joaquim Murtinho (7 December 1848 – 19 February 1911). He died in São Paulo on 28 June 1913.

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