João Café Filho

Infobox_President
name=João Café Filho
nationality=Brazilian


term_start=August 24, 1954
term_end=November 9, 1955
predecessor=Getúlio Vargas
successor=Carlos Coimbra da Luz
birth_date=birth date|1899|2|3|mf=y
birth_place=Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
death_date=death date and age|1970|2|20|1899|2|3|mf=y
death_place=Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
spouse=
party=National Labour Party - PTN
order=21st President of Brazil
vicepresident=

João Fernandes Campos Café Filho (February 3, 1899 - February 20, 1970) was a Brazilian politician. Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Café Filho was a journalist and federal deputy, elected vice-president in 1950, under Getúlio Vargas. Following the Vargas suicide in 1954, Café Filho assumed the presidency. Two months before the end of his term (which was due to expire on January 31, 1956), he resigned from leadership of the government, citing poor health. Later he tried to resume his post, but was prevented from doing so by the Congress and the military, who suspected that he would not allow the president-elect Juscelino Kubitschek to take the oath of office. An Evangelical Christian, he was the first Protestant to become President of Brazil.