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José Linhares

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José Linhares
15th President of Brazil
Acting
29 October 1945 – 30 January 1946
Vice PresidentNone
Preceded byGetúlio Vargas
Succeeded byEurico Dutra
Further offices held
President of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
2 May 1951 – 29 January 1956
Vice PresidentOrozimbo Nonato
Preceded byLaudo de Camargo
Succeeded byOrozimbo Nonato
In office
26 May 1945 – 31 January 1949
Vice PresidentCastro Nunes
Preceded byEduardo Espínola
Succeeded byLaudo de Camargo
Justice of the Supreme Federal Court
In office
24 December 1937 – 29 January 1956
Appointed byGetúlio Vargas
Preceded byAtaulfo de Paiva
Succeeded byAry Franco
Personal details
Born(1886-01-28)28 January 1886[1]
Baturité, Ceará, Empire of Brazil
Died26 January 1957(1957-01-26) (aged 70)
Caxambu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political partyIndependent
SpouseLuísa Linhares
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José Linhares (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ʎĩˈɲaɾis]; 28 January 1886 – 26 January 1957)[1] was a Brazilian lawyer who briefly served as the interim president of Brazil in the final months of the Estado Novo. As President of the Supreme Federal Court, he was called by the Armed Forces to take over the Presidency following the ousting of Getúlio Vargas in 1945, to the inauguration of Eurico Gaspar Dutra, in 1946, which marked the beginning of what is known today as the Fourth Brazilian Republic.

Linhares was appointed Minister of the Supreme Federal Court in 1937, following the retirement of Ataúlfo Nápoles de Paiva, and served until his own retirement in 1956. He was twice President of the Supreme Federal Court, from 1945 to 1949, and from 1954 to 1956.

Linhares devoted himself mainly to prepare the return to democratic order, replacing the stakeholders in the states by judiciary members, giving the new parliament constitution-making powers, extinguishing the Court of National Security, abolishing the state of emergency, provided in the 1937 Constitution, among other measures. In the economic and administrative field, acted against inflation, revoked the antitrust law, one of the factors that led to the deposition of Vargas, and extinguished the Council of People's Economy. Granted autonomy to the University of Brazil and regulated various departments of the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works. In December 1945 elections were held for the presidency and the National Constituent Assembly. José Linhares remained in office until the inauguration of the elected president, Eurico Gaspar Dutra.

References

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  1. ^ a b [1] Archived 29 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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Political offices
Preceded by President of Brazil
1945–1946
Succeeded by