Manuel Vitorino Pereira (30 January 1853 – 9 November 1902) was Governor of Bahia from 1889 to 1890 and the second

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, serving under President

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from 1894 to 1898. He also served as the

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from 1895 to 1898 and as Acting President of Brazil during 3 months. Vitorino was born in

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. He was a writer and a physician before entering politics.

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