Venceslau Brás

Venceslau Brás

9th President of Brazil
In office November 15, 1914 – November 15, 1918
Vice President	Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo
Preceded by	Hermes da Fonseca
Succeeded by	Delfim Moreira¹
Personal details
Born	February 26, 1868(1868-02-26) Brasópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	May 15, 1966(1966-05-15) (aged 98) Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Political party	Mineiro Republican Party – PRM
^1 President elect Rodrigues Alves died before assuming office.

Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes (Portuguese pronunciation: [vẽsesˈlaw ˈbras peˈrejrɐ ˈɡomis]; February 26, 1868 – May 15, 1966) was a Brazilian politician. Brás was born in Brasópolis (formerly São Caetano da Vargem Grande), Minas Gerais State. He became governor of that state in 1909, and in 1910 he was elected vice-president under Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca. He was elected president in 1914 and served until 1918. He declared war on the German Empire in 1917 during World War I. He was the longest-lived Brazilian president, reaching 98 years of age.

Preceded by Hermes da Fonseca	President of Brazil 1914–1918	Succeeded by Delfim Moreira
Preceded by None, eventually Nilo Peçanha	Vice-President of Brazil 1910–1914	Succeeded by Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo
Preceded by Júlio Bueno Brandão	President of Minas Gerais 1909–1910	Succeeded by Júlio Bueno Brandão

Presidents of Brazil

Old republic	Deodoro da Fonseca Floriano Peixoto Prudente de Morais Campos Sales Rodrigues Alves Afonso Pena Nilo Peçanha Hermes da Fonseca Venceslau Brás Delfim Moreira Epitácio Pessoa Artur Bernardes Washington Luís Júlio Prestes

Vargas era	Provisional Military Junta Getúlio Vargas José Linhares

Republic of 46	Eurico Gaspar Dutra Getúlio Vargas Café Filho Carlos Luz Nereu Ramos Juscelino Kubitschek Jânio Quadros Ranieri Mazzilli João Goulart

Military period	Ranieri Mazzilli Humberto Castello Branco Artur da Costa e Silva Military Junta Emílio Médici Ernesto Geisel João Figueiredo

New republic	Tancredo Neves José Sarney Fernando Collor de Mello Itamar Franco Fernando Henrique Cardoso Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Dilma Rousseff

Vice-Presidents of Brazil

	Floriano Peixoto · Manuel Vitorino Pereira · Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva · Silviano Brandão · Afonso Pena · Nilo Peçanha · Venceslau Brás · Urbano Araújo · Delfim Moreira · Bueno de Paiva · Estácio Coimbra · Fernando de Melo Viana · Vital Soares · office abolished · Nereu Ramos · Café Filho · João Goulart · José Maria Alkmin · Pedro Aleixo · Augusto Rademaker · Adalberto Pereira dos Santos · Aureliano Chaves · José Sarney · Itamar Franco · Marco Maciel · José Alencar · Michel Temer

Governors of Minas Gerais (1889 — 2012)

Antônio Olinto dos Santos Pires José Cesário de Faria Alvim João Pinheiro da Silva Domingos José da Rocha Chispim Jacques Bias Fortes Frederico Augusto Álvares da Silva Antônio Augusto de Lima Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira José Cesário Faria Alvim Eduardo Ernesto da Gama Cerqueira Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena Chrispim Jacques Bias Fortes Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão João Cândido da Costa Sena Francisco Antônio de Salles João Pinheiro da Silva Júlio Bueno Brandão Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes Júlio Bueno Brandão Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro Artur da Silva Bernardes Raul Soares de Moura Olegário Dias Maciel Fernando de Mello Viana Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada Olegário Dias Maciel Gustavo Capanema Filho Benedito Valadares Ribeiro Nísio Batista de Oliveira João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho Noraldino Lima Alcides Lins Milton Soares Campos Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Clóvis Salgado da Gama José Francisco Bias Fortes José de Magalhães Pinto Israel Pinheiro da Silva Rondon Pacheco Antônio Aureliano Chaves de Mendonça Levindo Ozanan Coelho Francelino Pereira dos Santos Tancredo de Almeida Neves Hélio Carvalho Garcia Newton Cardoso Hélio Carvalho Garcia Eduardo Brandão Azeredo Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco Aécio Neves da Cunha Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia

Persondata
Name	Bras Pereira Gomes, Venceslau
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 26, 1868
Place of birth	Brasópolis, Minas Gerais
Date of death	May 15, 1966
Place of death	Itajubá, Minas Gerais