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Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles (; 15 February 1841 – 28 June 1913) was a
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ian
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, coffee farmer, and
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who served as the fourth
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. He was born in the city of
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,
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. He graduated as a lawyer from the Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco, São Paulo, in 1863. He served as a provincial deputy three times, general-deputy once, and also as minister of justice (1889-1891), senator and governor of
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(1896–1897). The pinnacle of his political career was his election as president of
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, an office he held between 1898 and 1902. Austere financial reforms were adopted during his tenure. He died in São Paulo on 28 June 1913.


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