Augusto Pestana | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:APHD.jpg) Augusto Pestana | |
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| Born | May 22, 1868 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | May 29, 1934 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | PRR |
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Augusto Pestana (May 22, 1868 – May 29, 1934) was a Brazilian engineer and politician. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Pestana moved in the late 1880s to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, where he would become a specialist in railroad engineering and public administration, as well as one of the main leaders of the Republican Party of Rio Grande do Sul (PRR).