Jerônimo de Sousa Monteiro (June 4, 1870 – October 23, 1933) was a Brazilian politician. He was a representative (in the local Espírito do Santo's Chamber of Representative and in the Brazilian Federal Chamber of Representatives), a Senator, and the 13th ''president'' (governor) of the state of

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attracti ...

, a position he held from May 23, 1908, to May 23, 1912. Monteiro, who was born in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim ES, is traditionally considered the author of the

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of the state of

, which is formed of three horizontal bands—a cyan band on the top, a white band in the middle and a pink band on the bottom—, and has the motto "Trabalha e Confia" (which means "Work and trust") written on the white band. "Work and trust" being a shortened version of a quote from the Spanish Jesuit father

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, "Work as if everything depended on you, and trust as if everything depended on God". Jerônimo Monteiro helped on the improvement of the urbanization of the capital city, Vitória, adding it better services of potable water, sewage and electric power; he also reformed the port of Vitória and the public hospital of the Holly House of the Mercy. He also tried to install an industrial zone in the regions of the state south to Cachoeiro do Itapemirim but the industrialists preferred to install in Vitória though. However, Jerônimo Monteiro was the leader of a strong political group in South Espírito Santo, which was a group basically composed by landowners, and opposed to the more heterogeneous socially political group from the central region of Espírito Santo. By the time his brother

Bernardino de Sousa Monteiro Bernardino de Sousa Monteiro (October 6, 1865 in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim ES – May 12, 1930) was a Brazilian politician. He was representative on Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital i ...

was in his late term, Jerônimo Monteiro tried to impede

Nestor Gomez Nestor Gomes (8 September 1875 – 9 March 1941) was a Brazilian politician. He was state representative in Espírito Santo's Chamber of Representatives, ''president'' (governor) of Espírito Santo, and Senator of Espírito Santo in the Bra ...

, legally elected governor of Espírito Santo in 1924, to be inaugurated officially, though he could not succeed on that.

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