POLITICIAN

José Linhares

1886 - 1957

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José Linhares (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ʎĩˈɲaɾis]; 28 January 1886 – 26 January 1957) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Linhares has received more than 84,710 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. José Linhares is the 10,126th most popular politician (down from 9,676th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 214th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Linhares ranks 10,126 out of 19,576. Before him are István Friedrich, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Pietro Grimani, Stephen Harper, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and Autobiography of Harkhuf. After him are Enlil-nadin-apli, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Benedetto Cairoli, Constans II, Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany, and Johannes Popitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, José Linhares ranks 131. Before him are Victor Boin, Itzhak Katzenelson, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Takuboku Ishikawa, Pierre Benoit, and Bertha Krupp. After him are Paul Lévy, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Max Vasmer, Rash Behari Bose, Delmira Agustini, and Robert Hennet. Among people deceased in 1957, José Linhares ranks 109. Before him are Charles Kay Ogden, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Halil Kut, Karl Genzken, Abolqasem Lahouti, and Bertha Krupp. After him are Marija Jurić Zagorka, Avetik Isahakyan, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Georges Hébert, Théophile de Donder, and Alexander Vertinsky.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José Linhares ranks 254 out of 2,236. Before him are Maicon Sisenando (1981), Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803), Nilo Peçanha (1867), Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Anselmo Duarte (1920), and Edu (1949). After him are Edmundo (1971), Joel Antônio Martins (1931), Emerson (1976), Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Antônio Fagundes (1949), and Arthur Bernardes (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, José Linhares ranks 45. Before him are Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (1841), Hermes da Fonseca (1855), José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763), Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803), and Nilo Peçanha (1867). After him are Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Arthur Bernardes (1875), Ruy Barbosa (1849), Carlos Luz (1894), Delfim Moreira (1868), and Luís Carlos Prestes (1898).

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