José Armando Ribeiro de Paula was a Brazilian colonel of the Brazilian Army.
When the rebellious forces which supported
Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (; 19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954. Due to his long and controversial tenure as Brazi ...
in his attempt to take the government of Brazil by force in 1930 invaded the legalist state of
Espírito Santo, the
President of Brazil
The president of Brazil ( pt, Presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( pt, Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head o ...
,
Washington Luís appointed José Armando Ribeiro de Paula as the commander of the 3rd Command of the Hunters of the Brazilian Army at Espírito Santo, whose task was to give support to the legal governor,
Aristeu Borges de Aguiar. However, Aguiar abandoned the office and escaped on an Italian cargo ship, and his legal successor, the vice-governor Joaquim Teixeira de Mesquita, disappeared as well, so President Washington Luís appointed José Armando Ribeiro de Paula as governor of Espírito Santo.
Jose Armando Ribeiro de Paula took charge of the office on October 16, 1930, but was soon defeated by the rebel forces under the command of the renegade Colonel Otávio Campos do Amaral, who invaded the capital city,
Vitória few days later. Ribeiro de Paula was deposed and replaced by a governing
junta
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Government and military
* Junta (governing body) (from Spanish), the name of various historical and current governments and governing institutions, including civil ones
** Military junta, one form of junta, government led by ...
(composed of
João Manuel de Carvalho
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Kings
* ...
,
Afonso Correia Lírio
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and
João Punaro Bley
João Punaro Bley (November 14, 1900 in Montes Claros MG – 1983) was a Brazilian military and public administrator.
He graduated from the Minas Gerais Military School as a Brazilian Army lieutenant in 1921. Although he was sympathetic t ...
).
References
Governors of Espírito Santo
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