Venceslau Brás

President of Brazil

26 February 1868 Brasópolis, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil

15 May 1966(1966-05-15) (98) Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil

15 November 1914 – 14 November 1918

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Brás and the second or paternal family name is Pereira Gomes. This article is about the Brazilian president. For the Brazilian city in Minas Gerais State, see Wenceslau Braz, Minas Gerais. For the Brazilian city in Paraná State, see Wenceslau Braz, Paraná. 9th President of Brazil This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese. (August 2013) Click for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Portuguese article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary Content in this edit is translated from the existing Portuguese Wikipedia article at ]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|pt|Venceslau Brás}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. His Excellency Venceslau BrásPresident of BrazilIn office 15 November 1914 – 14 November 1918Vice President Urbano SantosPreceded by Hermes da FonsecaSucceeded by Delfim MoreiraVice President of BrazilIn office 15 November 1910 – 14 November 1914PresidentHermes da FonsecaPreceded by Nilo PeçanhaSucceeded by Urbano Santos Personal detailsBorn(1868-02-26 ) 26 February 1868 Brasópolis, Minas Gerais, Empire of BrazilDied15 May 1966(1966-05-15) (aged 98) Itajubá, Minas Gerais, BrazilNationalityBrazilianPolitical partyPRMSignature Other offices held 1909–1910: President of Minas Gerais 1903–1909: Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais 1898–1899: Mayor of Belo Horizonte 1898–1902: Secretary of the Interior, Minas Gerais 1890–1891: Mayor of Monte Santo Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes (Portuguese pronunciation:  ; 26 February 1868 – 15 May 1966) was a Brazilian politician who served as ninth President of Brazil between 1914 and 1918, during the First Brazilian Republic. Brás was born in Brasópolis (formerly São Caetano da Vargem Grande), Minas Gerais State. He became governor of that state in 1909, and in 1910 he was elected vice-president under Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca. As Vice President, he also served as the President of the Senate. He was elected president in 1914 and served until 1918. His government declared war on the Central Powers in October 1917 during World War I. He was the longest-lived Brazilian president, reaching 98 years of age.