Washington Luís

Washington Luís was president of Brazil from 1926 to 1930, when a military coup ended the First Brazilian Republic. His government faced economic crisis and a succession dispute that helped bring the republic to an end.

First Brazilian Republic: Brazil's republican regime from the 1889 overthrow of the monarchy to the 1930 Revolution. Washington Luís governed near the end of this regime, whose political order his overthrow dismantled.
1930 Brazilian coup d'état: The military-backed overthrow of President Washington Luís that ended Brazil's First Republic. It directly removed him from office and transferred power to Getúlio Vargas.
Getúlio Vargas: A Brazilian politician who led the 1930 Revolution and governed Brazil for much of the following two decades. He led the opposition that displaced Washington Luís and became the coup's principal beneficiary.
Brazilian Revolution of 1930: The movement that overthrew Brazil's First Republic and brought Getúlio Vargas to national power. The uprising ended Washington Luís's presidency and the political system that had sustained it.
São Paulo (state): A southeastern Brazilian state and the country's leading economic center during the First Republic. Its political elite backed Washington Luís and helped propel him to the presidency.
1930 Brazilian presidential election: The election in which Júlio Prestes defeated opposition candidate Getúlio Vargas amid allegations of fraud. Washington Luís backed Prestes, and the disputed result intensified the opposition to his government.
Júlio Prestes: A Brazilian politician elected president in 1930 but prevented from taking office by the coup. Washington Luís selected and supported him as successor, breaking with the customary Minas Gerais alliance.
Provisional Government of Brazil: The government led by Getúlio Vargas from 1930 until the adoption of Brazil's 1934 constitution. It replaced the administration Washington Luís had led and consolidated the revolution's victory.
Coffee with Milk Politics: An informal First Republic arrangement in which São Paulo and Minas Gerais elites dominated presidential succession. His presidency emerged from the elite politics that the arrangement had come to symbolize.
Liberal Alliance: A coalition that opposed the governing candidate in Brazil's 1930 presidential election and supported Getúlio Vargas. Its challenge to Washington Luís's chosen successor became the center of the succession crisis.

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