Antônio Olinto dos Santos Pires (15 December 1860 – 25 February 1925) was the first president of the state of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Political career

He founded the

Minas Republican Party The Minas Republican Party ( pt, Partido Republicano Mineiro, PRM) was a Brazilian political party founded on 4 June 1888 and active during the First Brazilian Republic. It represented the republican ideology of the agrarian elite of the state of ...

with João Pinheir. He served as president of Minas Gerais from 17 November 1889 to 24 November 1889, was then a member of the government from 1890 to 1893 and minister of transportation from 1894 to 1896.

Writing

He directed the ''Estado de Minas'' and the ''Movement'' newspapers and collaborated on a ''Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Brazil''/

References

1860 births 1925 deaths Governors of Minas Gerais {{Brazil-politician-stub