Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa

Infobox_President
name=Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa
nationality=Brazilian


term_start=November 15, 1926
term_end=October 24, 1930
predecessor=Artur da Silva Bernardes
successor=Getúlio Vargas
birth_date=birth date|1869|10|26|mf=y
birth_place=Macaé, Rio de Janeiro
death_date= death date and age|1957|8|4|1869|11|15
death_place=São Paulo, São Paulo
spouse=
party=Paulista Republican Party - PRP
order=14th President of Brazil
vicepresident=Fernando de Mello Viana

Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (October 26, 1869 - August 4, 1957) was a Brazilian politician. He was born in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, and moved to São Paulo, where he became a lawyer. Elected governor of São Paulo state in 1920 and president of Brazil in 1926, Pereira de Sousa was the last president of the (see also café com leite, coronelismo). Facing the 1929 crisis, the president lost almost all his support. He elected his friend Julio Prestes as his successor in 1930, but just 3 weeks before the end of his term, Pereira de Sousa was overthrown by a coup d'etat (1930 Revolution) and was succeeded by a military junta.

See also: List of Presidents of Brazil