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Ministério Da Agricultura, Pecuária E Abastecimento
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (, abbreviated MAPA) is a federal department in Brazil. The jurisdiction of this ministry is to formulate and implement policies for agribusiness development, integrating the aspects of market, technological, organizational and environmental care for the consumers of the country and abroad, promoting food security, income generation and employment, reducing inequalities and increasing social inclusion. The Ministry was founded during the Brazilian Empire in 1860. Originally named ''Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios da Agricultura, Comércio e Obras Públicas'', the body was extinguished in the early years of the First Brazilian Republic and re-established in 1906 as the ''Ministerio dos Negocios da Agricultura, Industria e Commercio''. In 1930, it was renamed the ''Ministério da Agricultura''. Agroenergy Brazil is the world leader in producing agroenergy and the Ministry of Agriculture encourages policies which develop ethanol fuel pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Government Of Brazil
The Federal Government of Brazil (''Governo Federal'') is the national government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, a republic in South America divided into States of Brazil, 26 states and a federal district. The Brazilian federal government is divided into three branches: the executive, which is headed by the President of Brazil, President and the Cabinet of Brazil, cabinet; the legislative, whose powers are vested by the Constitution of Brazil, Constitution in the National Congress of Brazil, National Congress; and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in nine organs, including the Supreme Federal Court and lower federal courts. The seat of the federal government is located in Brasília. Division of powers Brazil is a Federalism, federal Presidential system, presidential constitutional republic, which is based on a representative democracy. The federal government has three independent Separation of powers, branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The Constitution of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Alves De Lima E Silva, Duke Of Caxias
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (; 25 August 1803 – 7 May 1880), nicknamed "The Peacemaker" and "The Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military career. In 1823 he fought as a young officer in the Brazilian War for Independence against Portugal, then spent three years in Brazil's southernmost province, Cisplatina, as the government unsuccessfully resisted that province's secession in the Cisplatine War. Though his own father and uncles renounced Emperor Dom Pedro I during the protests of 1831, Caxias remained loyal. Pedro I abdicated in favor of his young son Dom Pedro II, whom Caxias instructed in swordsmanship and horsemanship and eventually befriended. During Pedro II's minority the governing regency faced countless rebellions throughout the country. Again breaking with his father and other relatives sympathetic to the rebels, from 1839 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinho Álvares Da Silva Campos
Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos (22 November 1816 - 29 March 1887) was a Brazilian physician, senator and adviser of the Empire of Brazil. Son of Martinho Álvares da Silva and Isabel Jacinta de Oliveira Campos He graduated in medicine on December 20, 1838, from the School of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro. He married three times, his last wife being Felisberta Balbina Ribeiro de Avelar, with whom he had his only child, Martinho Alvares da Silva Campos Filho. He served in the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies as deputy, from 1857 to 1881, for Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais and was president of the Chamber from January 18, 1882 to February 17, 1882. He was governor of the province of Rio de Janeiro from March 15, 1881 to March 16, 1882. Between January 21 and July 3, 1882 he held the position of Prime Minister of Brazil, President of the Council of Ministers, being at the same time Minister of Finance. From 1882 to 1887 he was in the Brazilian Senate, Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Luís Pereira De Sousa
Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa (December 13, 1839 – July 16, 1884) was a Brazilian poet, politician, orator and lawyer, adept of the " Condorist" movement. He is the patron of the 31st chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Life Pereira de Sousa was born in Araruama in 1839. He made his primary studies in the Instituto Freeze, in Nova Friburgo, where he met Casimiro de Abreu. Graduated in Law in the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo in 1860, he established himself as a lawyer in Rio de Janeiro. A deputy between 1864–1866 and 1878–1881, he would also become minister of Foreign Affairs in 1880 and the governor of Bahia in 1882. Among many others, he was decorated with the Order of the Rose. He died in 1884. Works * ''Terribilis Dea'' (1860) * ''Os Voluntários da Morte'' (1864) * ''A Sombra de Tiradentes e Nunes Machado'' (1866) * ''Prisca Fides'' (1876 Events January * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antônio Saraiva
José Antônio Saraiva (1 May 1823 – 21 July 1895), also known as Counsellor Saraiva, was a Brazilian politician, diplomat and lawyer during the period of the Empire of Brazil (1822–1889). He held the position of President of the Council of Ministers (post of prime minister) firstly from 28 March 1880 to 21 January 1882 and second 6 May May 1885 to 20 August 1885. He was appointed by Emperor Pedro II to form a cabinet in the early hours of 16 November 1889, but did not assume the position because of the Republican coup d'état. He was provincial deputy, provincial president, minister of foreign affairs, minister of war, minister of the navy, minister of the empire, minister of finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ..., senator of the Empire of Brazil from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Paranhos, Baron Of Rio Branco
José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, Baron of Rio Branco (in Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Barão do Rio Branco'') (20 April 1845 – 10 February 1912) was a Brazilian Brazilian nobility, nobleman, diplomat, geographer, historian, politician and professor, considered to be the "Patron of Foreign relations of Brazil, Brazilian diplomacy". He was the son of statesman José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco. The Baron of Rio Branco was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, Brazilian Academy of Letters, occupying its 34th chair from 1898 until his death in 1912. As a representative of Brazil, he managed to peacefully resolve all Brazil's border disputes with its South American neighbours and incorporate 900 thousand square kilometers (roughly 10% of Brazil's territory) through his diplomacy alone. Biography Early life José Paranhos Júnior was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1845, as son of José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, José Maria da Silva Paranhos Sr, Viscount o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Alfredo Correia De Oliveira
João Alfredo Correa de Oliveira (12 December 1835, in Ilha de Itamaracá – 6 March 1919, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian politician, abolitionist and monarchist. Integrated in the Conservative Party was linked to the formulation of the Law of Free Womb and the Golden Law. It was also the main articulator of the first universalizing law on civil registration in Brazil, in 1874. He was provincial deputy, general deputy and also Minister of Business of the Empire (March 1870 to June 1875) which was the longest of a minister in this portfolio (noteworthy, since at the time few ministerial mandates lasted longer than 18 months). Other positions held include Minister of Agriculture, President of the Council of Ministers (from 10 March 1888 to 7 June 1889), State Councilor, President of the provinces of Pará (2 December 1869 to 17 April 1870) and São Paulo (19 October 1885 to 26 April 1886) and still senator, from 1877 to 1889. He was President of the Council of Ministers (pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antônio Pimenta Bueno, Marquis Of São Vicente
José Antônio Pimenta Bueno, Marquis of São Vicente, (4 December 1803 – 19 February 1878) was a Brazilian magistrate, diplomat and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Brazil from 1870 to 1871. Public life He entered public service in the province of São Paulo at the age of twenty-one. After graduating from the Juridical Academy of São Paulo, he was appointed to the magistracy of the province. He was the judge of the court of appeals of Maranhão in 1844 and of the main court in August 1847, before being appointed to the Supreme Court of Justice. In 1833 he was elected councilor for the province of São Paulo and, two years later, appointed governor of Mato Grosso. In October 1843 he was appointed chargé d'affaires in Paraguay; he arrived in Asunción on August 18, 1844, and presented his credentials to President Carlos Antonio López on August 19 of the same year. Later he would become an advisor to the Secretariat for Foreign Affairs and a plenipotentiary for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquim Rodrigues Torres, Viscount Of Itaboraí
Joaquim Rodrigues Torres, the Viscount of Itaboraí (13 December 1802 – 8 January 1872) was a Brazilian politician and monarchist during the period of the Empire of Brazil (1822–1889). He was the country's Prime Minister from 1868 to 1870. Biography Born in 1802 to Manuel José Rodrigues Torres and Emerenciana Matilde Torres, he received his basic education in Rio de Janeiro and later travelled to Portugal, where he graduated in mathematics at the University of Coimbra in 1825. Upon returning to Brazil the following year, he was hired as a surrogate teacher at the Royal Military Academy. He returned to Europe in 1827, improved his education in Paris until 1829, and then returned to Brazil, where he worked as a teacher until 1833. As a member of the Liberal Party, Torres founded the ''Independente'', a short-lived newspaper. On 16 July 1831, he became a minister of the Brazilian Navy. Torres was a general deputy at the 3rd legislature for Rio de Janeiro and the first presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Pinto De Sousa Dantas
Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas (21 February 1831 – 29 January 1894) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Brazil from 1884 to 1885, noted for his efforts to reform slavery. Early life and career He earned a degree in law from the Faculty of Law of Recife in 1851. He began his political life in the Conservative Party, allied with the slave trader João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotegipe, but transferred to the Liberal Party, in which he became an important leader. He was president (governor) of Alagoas and Bahia, general deputy (1857–1868), senator (1878), state councilor (1879), minister of Agriculture, Justice, Finance, Foreign Affairs and President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) (1884). Prime minister Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas organized and presided over the 32nd Cabinet, governing the country from 1884 to 1885. He was at the same time Minister of Finance as well as, temporarily, Foreign Minister. The main achievement of his governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco José Furtado
Francisco José Furtado (13 August 1818 in Oeiras, Piauí – 23 June 1870, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian politician. He was prime minister of the Empire of Brazil, and a member of its senate. Biography After graduating from the Academy of Law at Caxias and serving for some time as judge, he entered politics and rose to be leader of the liberals. In 1847 he was elected deputy and reelected several times. In 1856 he was elected president of the new province of Amazonas, remaining such until 1859, when he was made Minister of Justice. In 1864 he was elected to membership in the senate of Brazil, but held that position for a few months only, and in August 1864 was made Premier and Minister of State, in which position he did much toward the establishment of a good monetary system. During his term of office as Minister of State, the dispute with Uruguay was settled and war between Brazil and Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro De Araújo Lima, Marquis Of Olinda
Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (22 December 1793 – 7 June 1870) was a politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. His long political career spanned the reigns of John VI of Portugal, John VI, Pedro I of Brazil, Pedro I and Pedro II of Brazil, Pedro II. He was also one of the founders of the Brazilian Conservative Party (Brazil), Conservative Party. He served as Regent of the Empire of Brazil from 1837 until 1840, during the minority of Emperor Pedro II. Later, during the personal reign of Pedro II, Olinda on four different periods served as Prime Minister of Brazil, President of the Council of Ministers. Early life Pedro de Araújo Lima was born on 22 December 1793. His birthplace was Antas farm, near the village of Sirinhaém in Pernambuco (a captaincy of the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern region of colonial Brazil). Through his father, Manuel de Araújo Lima, he was a descendant of settlers who had come from Portugal in the early 16th century with Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
