Floriano Peixoto

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2nd President of Brazil
Floriano Vieira Peixoto

In office November 23, 1891 – November 15, 1894
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Deodoro da Fonseca
Succeeded by	Prudente de Morais
1st Vice-President of Brazil
In office November 15, 1889 – November 23, 1891
President	Deodoro da Fonseca
Preceded by	office created
Succeeded by	Manuel Vitorino Pereira (1894)

Born	April 30, 1839(1839-04-30) Maceió, Alagoas
Died	July 29, 1895 (aged 56) Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro
Nationality	Brazilian
Political party	None

Floriano Vieira Peixoto (April 30, 1839, Maceió, Brazil — July 29, 1895, Rio de Janeiro), pron. IPA: [floɾi'ʌnu vi'ejɾɐ pej'ʃotu], born in Ipioca (today a district of the city of Maceió in the State of Alagoas), was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the War of the Triple Alliance, and the second President of Brazil.

Election and Succession as President

Floriano Peixoto was an Army Marshal when elected vice-president in 1891 and later rose to the Presidency following the resignation of Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca in November 1891, first President of Brazil following the end of the Monarchy in 1889. Floriano Peixoto came to the Presidency in a difficult period of the young First Republic and his ascendancy to the Presidency was deemed unconstitutional since the Article 42 of the Constitution indicated that, in the case of resignation of the incumbent, the Vice-President could only assume the Presidency if half of the President's mandate was completed.

Government

Floriano Peixoto defeated a naval officers' rebellion against him (1893-1894) and a seditious military movement in the State of Rio Grande do Sul and in the State of Santa Catarina. His government was marked by increased centralization of power and nationalism.

Legacy

He is often referred to as "the Consolidator of the Republic" or "The Iron Marshal". He left the Presidency in November 15, 1894 but despite his unpopularity, the "Iron Marshal" was responsible for the consolidation of the new Republican Government.

Desterro, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina, was renamed Florianópolis in his honour in 1894.

Preceded by Deodoro da Fonseca	President of Brazil 1891–1894	Succeeded by Prudente de Morais
Preceded by Office created	Vice-President of Brazil 1889–1891	Succeeded by Manuel Vitorino Pereira

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Old republic	Deodoro da Fonseca · Floriano Peixoto · Prudente de Morais · Campos Sales · Rodrigues Alves · Afonso Pena · Nilo Peçanha · Hermes da Fonseca · Venceslau Brás · Delfim Moreira · Epitácio Pessoa · Artur Bernardes · Washington Luís · Júlio Prestes · Mena Barreto · Isaías de Noronha

Vargas era	Augusto Fragoso · Getúlio Vargas · José Linhares

Republic of 1946	Eurico Gaspar Dutra · Getúlio Vargas · João Café Filho · Carlos Coimbra da Luz · Nereu de Oliveira · Juscelino Kubitschek · Jânio Quadros · Ranieri Mazzilli · João Goulart

Military dictatorship	Castelo Branco · Artur da Costa e Silva · Aurélio de Lira Tavares · Augusto Rademaker · Márcio Melo · Emílio Garrastazu Médici · Ernesto Geisel · João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo

New republic	Tancredo Neves · José Sarney · Fernando Collor · Itamar Franco · Fernando Henrique Cardoso · Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva