Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo

Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo
Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo
Prime Minister of Brazil
	In office; 31 May 1848 – 29 September 1848
Monarch	Pedro II
Preceded by	Viscount of Macaé
Succeeded by	Viscount of Olinda
Secretary of State of the Empire Affairs
	In office; 22 July 1847 – 28 August 1848
Preceded by	Manuel Alves Branco
Succeeded by	Manuel Alves Branco
Finance Minister
	In office; 31 May 1848 – 18 August 1848
Preceded by	José Pedro Dias de Carvalho
Succeeded by	Bernardo de Sousa Franco
Personal details
Born	5 January 1791; Itu, São Paulo, Colonial Brazil
Died	16 August 1851 (aged 60); Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Political party	Liberal
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Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo (5 January 1791 - 16 August 1851) was a Brazilian landowner, nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Brazil.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Son of Antônio José de Sousa and Gertrudes Solidônia de Cerqueira. Uncle of Senator Francisco Antônio de Sousa Queirós. In 1819 he married Maria de Barros Leite, his cousin, daughter of captain Antônio de Barros Penteado and Maria de Paula Machado.^[1] They had eight children, including Francisco de Paula Sousa.

A friend of priest Diogo Antônio Feijó, he lived for a while at his home in Rio de Janeiro, at Rua São José, no. 28.

He was elected by São Paulo as a deputy in the Portuguese Constituent Cortes of 1820 but was unable to travel across the Atlantic because of poor health.^[1]^[3] He was later a member of the 1823 Brazilian Constituent Assembly from May 3 to November 12, 1823. He was a deputy general in the first three legislatures (8 May 1826 to 3 September 1829 and from 3 May 1830 to 5 October 1833), and President of the Chamber of Deputies (from 4 May to 2 June 1827). He was a senator for the Province of São Paulo (from August 1833 to 1854)^[1] and Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil in 1848.^[4]

He died on August 16, 1851. He was buried in the Cemetery of Catumbi in Rio de Janeiro.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "FRANCISCO DE PAULA SOUZA E MELO". camara.leg.br. Câmara dos deputados, Brasi. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ "Francisco de Paula Souza e Melo". gov.br. Ministério da Economia, Brasil. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ "Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo". ihgb.org.br. Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825-1891. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780804744003. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[CD-1] "FRANCISCO DE PAULA SOUZA E MELO". camara.leg.br. Câmara dos deputados, Brasi. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[2] "Francisco de Paula Souza e Melo". gov.br. Ministério da Economia, Brasil. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[IHGB-3] "Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo". ihgb.org.br. Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[4] Barman, Roderick J. (1999). Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825-1891. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780804744003. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

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