Bernardo Pereira de Vasconcelos

Bernardo Pereira de Vasconcelos
Minister of Justice
In office
19 September 1837 – 16 April 1839
Preceded byFrancisco de Montezuma
Succeeded byFrancisco de Paula
Personal details
Born(1795-08-27)27 August 1795
Vila Rica, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Portuguese colony)
Died1 May 1850(1850-05-01) (aged 54)
Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Political partyLiberal Party
OccupationPolitician

Bernardo Pereira de Vasconcelos (27 August 1795 - 1 May 1850) was a Brazilian politician, journalist, judge and law expert of the Imperial era.

He is considered one of the most important political personalities of the imperial period, below only José Bonifácio de Andrada and Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada, being one of the builders and idealizers of the Empire.