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

Biography

Coimbra was born in an ''

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'' in Barreiros,

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, to farming Portuguese João Coimbra and Francisca de Albuquerque Belo Coimbra. He obtained a

law degree A law degree is an academic degree conferred for studies in law. Some law degrees are professional degrees that are prerequisites or serve as preparation for legal careers. These generally include the Bachelor of Civil Law, Bachelor of Laws, an ...

at the Recife Law School in 1892, and became mayor of his birthplace in 1894. On 10 January 1895, he was elected a state deputy to the

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, and was the youngest person to be elected to the

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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 The Governor of the State of Pernambuco is the chief executive of the state of Pernambuco. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Pernambuco's state government. The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her Excellency w ...

in 1911 after resignation of the governor and the vice governor refuses to succeed him. He get away from politics in 1912, only to return as deputy federal from 1915 to 1922. He also occupied the position of the

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during

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government (1919–1922) after becoming

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in 1922. As Vice President, he also served as the

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. After leaving office in 1926, he took office of the state of Pernambuco, governing until the

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. Then, he exiled himself in

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along with his secretary

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; after an amnesty he returned to Brazil in 1934, and died in

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on 9 November 1937. His corpse was taken to Pernambuco and veiled at Palácio Joaquim Nabuco.

References

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