Quintino Antônio Ferreira de Sousa Bocaiuva (4 December 1836 – 11 July 1912) was a Brazilian politician and writer. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil between 1889 and 1891. He was also President of the State of Rio de Janeiro, between 1900 and 1903. He was known for his actions during the Proclamation of the Republic.Foreign Ministers
Brazilian Government site, in Portrugese, accessed on 9 September 2008 Bocaiuva was born in

Itaguaí Itaguaí () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and contains several important iron ore loading ports of the world including Ilha Guaiba. Its population was 134,819 in 2020 and its area is 273 km2. The city wa ...

and then moved to

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, where he started working as a typographer. He started to study Law but dropped out of his studies due economic reasons. As a Nativist, he adopted the name "Bocaiuva", in reference to a local kind of palm tree. He started his career as a journalist, defending Republican ideas in some newspapers of Rio de Janeiro. He died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 75. The neighborhood where he lived in the city was named after him, Quintino Bocaiuva, and is popularly known as Quintino.

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* 1836 births 1912 deaths Brazilian male writers Governors of Rio de Janeiro (state) Brazilian diplomats Ministers of foreign affairs of Brazil People from Itaguaí {{Brazil-writer-stub