Juarez Távora (general)
Juarez do Nascimento Fernandes Távora (Jaguaribemirim, 14 January 1898 – Rio de Janeiro, 18 July 1975) was a Brazilian general and politician active during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 that put an end to the oligarchic First Brazilian Republic by deposing the president Washington Luís and preventing his elected successor Júlio Prestes from taking office. The revolutionaries handed power over to Getúlio Vargas.
Juarez Távora | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Transport and Public Works | |
| In office 15 April 1964 – 15 March 1967 | |
| President | Castelo Branco |
| Preceded by | Augusto Rademaker |
| Succeeded by | Mário Andreazza |
| In office 4 November 1930 – 5 November 1930 | |
| President | Getúlio Vargas |
| Preceded by | Morais Barros (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Morais Barros (interim) |
| Chief Minister of the Military Cabinet | |
| In office 24 August 1954 – 14 April 1955 | |
| President | Café Filho |
| Preceded by | Caiado de Castro |
| Succeeded by | Bina Machado |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 22 December 1932 – 24 July 1934 | |
| President | Getúlio Vargas |
| Preceded by | Assis Brasil |
| Succeeded by | Navarro de Andrade (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1898 Jaguaribemirim, Ceará, Brazil |
| Died | 18 July 1975 (aged 77) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Military School of Realengo |
| Occupation | Military officer, politician |
| Signature | |
| Nickname | Vice-rei do Norte (Viceroy of the North) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Brazil |
| Branch/service | Brazilian Army |
| Years of service | 1916–1975 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | 18 of the Copacabana Fort revolt Paulista Revolt of 1924 Coluna Prestes Brazilian Revolution of 1930 Constitutionalist Revolution |
Most active during the revolutionary cycle that swept Brazil from 1922 to 1930, he got to know the country's bowels and its problems by participating in the Coluna Prestes. With this experience, he associated what he saw with the studies of Alberto Torres and Euclides da Cunha, of whom he was an admirer. Hence his deep interest in Brazilian problems and how the State and government should structure themselves to solve them.
He came to be known as the Vice-rei do Norte (Viceroy of the North) during the 1930 Revolution, since he was commander of the troops that took over most of Brazil's northeastern states (at that time these states were referred simply as "the north").