Floriano Peixoto

Floriano Vieira de Araújo Peixoto (Portuguese pronunciation: [floriˈɐ̃nu viˈejrɐ dʒi araˈuʒu pejˈʃotu] 30 April 1839 29 July 1895), born in Ipioca (today a district of the city of Maceió in the State of Alagoas), nicknamed "Iron Marshal", was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the Paraguayan War, and the second President of Brazil. He is the first Vice President of Brazil to have succeeded a former President mid-term.

Election and Succession as President

Floriano Peixoto was an army Marshal when elected vice-president in February 1891. Later, in November 1891, he rose to the presidency following the resignation of Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, the first president of Brazil. Floriano Peixoto came to the presidency in a difficult period of the new Brazilian Republic, which was in the midst of a general political and economic crisis made worse by the effects of the bursting of the Encilhamento economic bubble.

Government

Floriano Peixoto defeated a naval officers' rebellion against him in 1893–1894 and a seditious military movement in the States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina during the same years. His government was marked by increased centralization of power and nationalism.

Floriano Peixoto (actor)

Floriano Peixoto Cordeiro de Farias, known as Floriano Peixoto (b. December 10, 1959 ) is a Brazilian film and television actor from Rio de Janeiro.

In 2007 he married the actress Christine Fernandes, with whom he had a son.

Career

Television

  • 1993 Agosto - Capitão
  • 1995 Explode Coração - Sarita Vitti
  • 1996 Anjo de Mim - delegado Geraldo
  • 1997 Por Amor - doctor
  • 1998 Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos - Otoniel
  • 1998 Pecado Capital - Ernani
  • 2000 Esplendor - Frederico Berger
  • 2001 Estrela-Guia - Ignácio
  • 2002 Sabor da Paixão - Xavier
  • 2003 Kubanacan - Bolívar
  • 2005 América - Antonio Carlos
  • 2005 Carandiru, Outras Histórias - Antonio Carlos
  • 2006 Cidadão Brasileiro - Atílio
  • 2007 Luz do Sol - William Villa Nova
  • 2008 Chamas da Vida - Miguel Costa
  • 2011 Rebelde - Jonas Araripe
  • Film

  • 1994 Veja Esta Canção
  • 1997 A Ostra e o Vento - Roberto
  • 2000 Brava Gente Brasileira - Capitão Pedro
  • 2002 Madame Satã - Gregório
  • 2003 Carandiru - Antônio Carlos
  • 2004 Olga - Filinto Müller
  • References

    External links

  • Floriano Peixoto at the Internet Movie Database
  • Floriano Peixoto (disambiguation)

    Floriano Peixoto may refer to:

  • Floriano Peixoto (1839–1895), Brazilian president
  • Floriano Peixoto (actor) (b. 1959), Brazilian actor
  • Floriano Peixoto, Rio Grande do Sul, municipality
  • Praça Floriano Peixoto, plaza in Rio de Janeiro
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