Nilo Peçanha

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Nilo Procópio Peçanha

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Vice-President:	None
Date of birth:	October 2, 1867
Place of birth:	Campos, Rio de Janeiro
Date of death:	March 31, 1924
Place of death:	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Party:	None

Nilo Procópio Peçanha (October 2, 1867 - March 31, 1924). Brazilian politician. President of Rio de Janeiro State (1903-1906). Elected vice-president in 1906, assumed the presidency in 1909 following the death of President Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena and served until 1910.

Preceded by: Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena	President of Brazil 1909–1910	Succeeded by: Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
	Vice-President of Brazil 1906–1909	Succeeded by: None, eventually Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes
Preceded by: Quintino Antônio Ferreira de Sousa	President of Rio de Janeiro 1903–1906	Succeeded by: Francisco Chaves de Oliveira Botelho

See also: List of Presidents of Brazil