Quintino Antônio Ferreira de Sousa Bocaiuva (4 December 1836 – 11 July 1912) was a Brazilian politician and writer. He served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, between 1889 and 1891, and was also President of the State of Rio de Janeiro, between 1900 and 1903. He was known for his actions during the
Proclamation of the Republic.
Foreign Ministers
Brazilian Government site, in Portrugese, accessed on 9 September 2008
Bocaiuva was born in Itaguaí
Itaguaí () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and contains several important iron ore loading ports of the world including Ilha Guaiba. Its population was 134,819 in 2020 and its area is 273 km2. The city wa ...
and then moved to São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, where he started working as typographer. He started to study Law but dropped off the studies due economical reasons. As a Nativist, he adopted the name "Bocaiuva" in reference to a local kind of palm tree. He started as a journalist defending Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
ideas in some newspapers of Rio de Janeiro.
He died in Rio de Janeiro at 75. The neighborhood where he lived in the city was named after him, Quintino Bocaiuva, and is popularly known as Quintino.
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1836 births
1912 deaths
Brazilian male writers
Government ministers of Brazil
Governors of Rio de Janeiro (state)
Brazilian diplomats
Foreign ministers of Brazil
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