Carlos Luz

President of Brazil

4 August 1894 Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil

9 February 1961(1961-02-09) (66) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

8 November 1955 – 11 November 1955

Former Brazilian politician In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Coimbra and the second or paternal family name is Luz. His Excellency Carlos LuzActing President of BrazilIn office 8 November 1955 – 11 November 1955Preceded by Café FilhoSucceeded by Nereu Ramos (interim) Personal detailsBorn(1894-08-04 ) 4 August 1894 Três Corações, Minas Gerais, BrazilDied9 February 1961(1961-02-09) (aged 66) Rio de Janeiro, BrazilNationalityBrazilianPolitical partyPSDSpouse(s)Maria José Dantas (died) Graciema JunqueiraChildren2Alma materFederal University of Minas Gerais Other offices held 1955–1955: President of the Chamber of Deputies 1947–1961: Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais 1946–1946: Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs 1939–1946: Chair of Caixa Econômica Federal 1935–1937: Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais 1933–1935: Secretary of the Interior, Minas Gerais 1932–1933: Secretary of Agriculture, Transport and Public Works, Minas Gerais 1923–1932: Mayor of Leopoldina Carlos Coimbra da Luz (Portuguese:  ; 4 August 1894 – 9 February 1961) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, teacher and journalist who served as acting president of Brazil from November 8 to November 11, 1955. After the political crisis following the Getúlio Vargas suicide in 1954, Carlos Luz was the second of three presidents who ruled Brazil in a brief period of 16 months. At the time of President Café Filho's alleged illness in 1955 he was the president of the Chamber of Deputies, and so the next in the line of succession to the Presidency, since Filho had been the vice president under Vargas. Luz headed the government only three days in November 1955 and was replaced by the Vice-President of the Senate Nereu Ramos given the orders of the Minister of Defence Henrique Teixeira Lott over his fear that Luz might support a plot to prevent President-elect Juscelino Kubitschek from taking office on January 1956. Luz was married to his first wife, Maria José Dantas Luz, from 1920 until her death in 1924. They had two children together. Later, Luz remained married to Graciema da Luz until his death in Rio de Janeiro in February 1961. As of 2019, Luz remains the shortest-serving president of Brazil.