Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves

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Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves

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Vice-President:	Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena
Date of birth:	July 7, 1848
Place of birth:	Guaratinguetá, São Paulo
Date of death:	January 16, 1919
Place of death:	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Party:	Paulista Republican Party - PRP

Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (July 7, 1848 - January 16, 1919) Brazilian politician. President of São Paulo province in 1887. Economy minister in the 1890s, Rodrigues Alves was elected president of Brazil in 1902 and served until the finish of his term, in 1906. Remodeled the then Brazilian capital Rio de Janeiro. Elected president again in 1918 but did not take oath due to illness (Spanish influenza) and was succeded by the vice-president Delfim Moreira.

Preceded by: Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles	President of Brazil 1902–1906	Succeeded by: Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena
Preceded by: Fernando Prestes de Albuquerque	President of São Paulo 1900–1902	Succeeded by: Bernardino José de Campos Júnior
Preceded by: Manoel Joaquim de Albuquerque Lins	President of São Paulo 1912–1916	Succeeded by: Altino Arantes Marques

See also: List of Presidents of Brazil