Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira | |
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Prime Minister of Brazil | |
In office 24 May 1883 – 6 June 1884 | |
Monarch | Pedro II of Brazil |
Preceded by | Marquis of Paranaguá |
Succeeded by | Sousa Dantas |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 5 January 1878 – 28 March 1880 | |
Preceded by | Francisco Cerqueira |
Succeeded by | Sousa Dantas |
Personal details | |
Born | Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil | 28 March 1834
Died | 29 January 1917 Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil | (aged 82)
Awards | Grand Cross of The Imperial Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Imperial Order of the Rose[1] |
Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira (28 March 1834 – 29 January 1917), was a Brazilian landowner, lawyer, journalist, diplomat and politician. He was governor of the provinces of Ceará (1864–65) and Maranhão (1865–66)[2] and served as Prime Minister of Brazil from May 24, 1883, to June 6, 1884.[3][1]