Júlio Prestes

President of Brazil

15, 1882 Itapetininga, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil

February 9, 1946(1946-02-09) (63) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  Did not take office

13th president of São Paulo In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Prestes and the second or paternal family name is Albuquerque. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Júlio Prestes" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (Portuguese pronunciation:  ; March 15, 1882 – February 9, 1946) was a Brazilian poet, lawyer and politician. He was the last elected President of Brazil of the period known as the República Velha, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930. Prestes was the only politician to be elected President of Brazil and then impeded from taking office. He was also the last person born in São Paulo to be elected president until the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018. On June 23, 1930, he became the second Brazilian featured on the cover of Time magazine.