José Joaquim Carneiro de Campos, the first Viscount and Marquis of Caravelas (4 March 1768 – 8 September 1836) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, diplomat and professor.

Biography

The son of José Carneiro de Campos and Custódia Maria do Sacramento, he studied at the in

Salvador Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

, and studied theology and law at the

University of Coimbra The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a Public university, public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coi ...

. In

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, he held the position of officer of the Secretary of Finance of Portugal. He was general deputy, minister of justice, minister of foreigners, adviser to the Empire and senator of the

Empire of Brazil The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay. Its government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Dom Pe ...

from 1826 to 1836. First Viscount with grandeur and then Marquis of Caravelas. He succeeded

José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (; 13 June 17636 April 1838) was a Brazilian statesman, naturalist, mineralist, professor and poet, born in Santos, São Paulo, then part of the Portuguese Empire. He was one of the most important mentors ...

in the Ministry of Empire and Foreign Affairs, when Bonifácio resigned from the ministry in 1823. Carneiro de Campos was one of the drafters of the Imperial Constitution, whose project he signed in 1823. For part of the historiography, he was the main drafter of the project. He opposed the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, which took place on 11 November 1823, and left the government in protest. He held several important positions in the Empire, including that of member of the Provisional Triumviral Regency that governed the country from 7 April to 17 June 1831, immediately after the abdication of emperor Pedro I. The other members were

Francisco de Lima e Silva ) , successor2 = Diogo Antônio Feijó , alongside2 = Costa Carvalho, , term_start1 = 7 April 1831 , term_end1 = 3 May 1831 , term_start2 = 17 June 1831 , term_end2 = 12 October 1835 , ...

and

Nicolau Pereira de Campos Vergueiro Nicolau Pereira de Campos Vergueiro, better known as Senator Vergueiro ( pt, Senador Vergueiro) (20 December 1778 – 17 September 1859), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian coffee farmer and politician. He was a pioneer in the implementation of free ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, José Joaquim Carneiro de 1768 births 1836 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Empire of Brazil) Members of the Senate of the Empire of Brazil Brazilian nobility People from Salvador, Bahia