Delfim Moreira

His Excellency Delfim Moreira
Official portrait, 1918
10th President of Brazil
In office 15 November 1918 – 28 July 1919 Acting: 15 November 1918 – 16 January 1919
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Venceslau Brás
Succeeded by	Epitácio Pessoa
8th Vice President of Brazil
In office 28 July 1919 – 1 July 1920
President	Epitácio Pessoa
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Bueno de Paiva
In office 15 November 1918 – 16 January 1919
President	Rodrigues Alves (elect)
Preceded by	Urbano Santos
Succeeded by	Himself
Executive offices 1914–1918 President of Minas Gerais 1910–1914 Secretary of the Interior of Minas Gerais 1902–1906 Secretary of the Interior of Minas Gerais
Legislative offices 1909–1911 Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais 1907–1909 State Senator of Minas Gerais 1894–1900 State Deputy of Minas Gerais 1893–1893 President of the Municipal Chamber of Santa Rita do Sapucaí
Personal details
Born	(1868-11-07)7 November 1868 Cristina, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil
Died	1 July 1920(1920-07-01) (aged 51) Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party	PRM
Spouse	Francisca Ribeiro de Abreu ​ ​ (m. 1891)​
Children	6
Parents	Antônio Moreira da Costa (father) Maria Cândida Ribeiro (mother)
Alma mater	Faculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco
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Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [dewˈfĩ moˈɾejɾɐ da ˈkɔstɐ ʁiˈbejɾu]; 7 November 1868 – 1 July 1920) was a Brazilian politician who served as the tenth president of Brazil.

He was born in Minas Gerais state to a Portuguese father and to a Portuguese Brazilian mother who traced her ancestry back to the early settlers of Brazil.^[1]

Delfim Moreira, elected vice president under Rodrigues Alves in 1918, provisionally ruled the country as the Brazilian Constitution provided for new elections in case of disability of the president before completing two years in office. Rodrigues Alves never even entered office, for he was stricken by the "Spanish flu" and died on 16 January 1919. Delfim Moreira himself also did not have good health, suffering from some psychological conditions, therefore his short tenure was known as "the republican regency" since the government Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Afrânio de Melo Franco, stood out in the president's decision-making.

Three days after the new government took over the country, a general strike hit the capital and the city of Niterói. The president ordered the closure of unions in Rio de Janeiro, on 22 November.

On 21 June 1919, a dissident faction of the anarchists founded the Brazilian Communist Party. Four months later, the government expelled from the country about a hundred of them, mostly foreigners, who worked in the workers movement of the cities of São Paulo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, due to the discovery of an alleged plot aimed at overthrowing the government.

When Epitácio Pessoa was elected the new president, Moreira became his vice president. As vice president, he also served as the President of the Senate.^[2] He died in the city of Santa Rita do Sapucaí, on 1 July 1920. He was succeeded by Bueno de Paiva.

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• Biography and Presidency of Delfim Moreira