Quintino Antônio Ferreira de Sousa Bocaiuva (4 December 1836 – 11 July 1912) was a Brazilian politician and writer. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, between 1889 and 1891, and was also President of the State of Rio de Janeiro, between 1900 and 1903. He was known for his actions during the Proclamation of the Republic.[1][2]

Quintino Bocaiuva
Vice President of the Federal Senate
In office
26 June 1909 – 11 July 1912
Preceded byRuy Barbosa
Succeeded byPinheiro Machado
Senator
In office
3 May 1909 – 11 July 1912
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
8 September 1892 – 31 December 1900
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
In office
15 November 1890 – 17 December 1891
ConstituencyRio de Janeiro
President of Rio de Janeiro
In office
31 December 1900 – 31 December 1903
Preceded byAlberto Torres
Succeeded byNilo Peçanha
Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs
In office
15 November 1889 – 23 January 1891
PresidentDeodoro da Fonseca
Preceded byJosé Francisco Diana
Succeeded byJusto Chermont
Personal details
Born
Quintino Antônio Ferreira de Sousa

(1836-12-04)4 December 1836
Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died11 July 1912(1912-07-11) (aged 75)
Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Spouses
Luísa Amélia de Almeida Costa
(m. 1860; died 1885)
Ana Bianca Rossi
(m. 1892)
Children15
Parents
  • Quintino Ferreira de Sousa (father)
  • Maria Candelaria Moreno y Aragón (mother)
Occupation
  • journalist
  • politician
  • reviewer
  • typographer
Military service
AllegianceBrazil
Branch/serviceBrazilian Army
Years of serviceNo service
RankBrigadier general (honorific)

Bocaiuva was born in Itaguaí and then moved to São Paulo, where he started working as typographer. He started to study Law but dropped off the studies due economical reasons. As a Nativist, he adopted the name "Bocaiuva" in reference to a local kind of palm tree. He started as a journalist defending Republican ideas in some newspapers of Rio de Janeiro.

He died in Rio de Janeiro at 75. The neighborhood where he lived in the city was named after him, Quintino Bocaiuva, and is popularly known as Quintino.

References

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  1. ^ "Quintino Bocaiuva". Escola de Relacoes Internacionais. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ^ Foreign Ministers, Brazilian Government site, in Portrugese, accessed on 9 September 2008
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