Rufino Galvão, Viscount of Maracaju

Rufino Enéas Gustavo Galvão, Viscount of Maracaju was a Brazilian military officer and politician who fought in the Paraguayan War, served as Provincial President of three different Brazilian provinces, as the Minister of War of Brazil and as a member of the Superior Military Court of Brazil.[1]

Viscount Maracaju
President of Amazonas Province
In office
March 7, 1878 – November 15, 1879
MonarchPedro II
Preceded byAgesilão Pereira da Silva
Succeeded byJosé Clarindo de Queirós
President of Mato Grosso Province
In office
December 5, 1879 – May 2, 1881
MonarchPedro II
Preceded byJoão José Pedrosa
Succeeded byJosé Leite Galvão
President of Pará Province
In office
December 16, 1882 – February 21, 1884
MonarchPedro II
Preceded byJoão Rodrigues Chaves
Succeeded byJosé de Araujo Roso Danin
Minister of the Superior Military Court
In office
March 27, 1889 – February 18, 1909
Brazilian Minister of War
In office
June 7th, 1889 – September 9, 1889
Preceded byTomás José Coelho de Almeida
Succeeded byBenjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães
Personal details
Born(1831-07-02)July 2, 1831
Laranjeiras, Sergipe, Brazil
DiedFebruary 18, 1909(1909-02-18) (aged 77)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Military service
Allegiance Empire of Brazil
 Brazilian Republic
Branch Imperial Brazilian Army
 Brazilian Army
Years of service1851 — 1909
RankMarshal
Battles/warsPlatine War
Paraguayan War

Coat of Arms of the Viscount of Maracaju

As a military officer, he participated in the battles of Ytororó and Avay, he was the Chief of the Engineering Commission which after the Paraguayan War marked the new border with Paraguay, where serving with distinction, he earned the title of Baron of Maracaju. His highest achieved rank was that of Marshal, however as he was demoted in the Proclamation of the Republic he died in the rank of Lieutenant-General.[1]

As a politician, he was President of the Province of Amazonas (7 March 1879 - 27 August 1879), President of the Province of Mato Grosso (5 December 1879 - 2 May 1881), President of the Province of Pará (16 December 1882 - 11 May 1883), Minister of War in three different periods (7 June 1889 - 2 September 1889 | 1 October 1889 - 17 October 1889 | 12 November 1889 - 15 November 1889), and after the Proclamation of the Republic, Minister of the Superior Military Court.[1]

Biography

Galvão was the son of José Antônio da Fonseca Galvão and Mariana Clementina de Vasconcelos Galvão, brother of Antônio Eneas Gustavo Galvão, baron of Rio Apa, and judge Manuel do Nascimento da Fonseca Galvão .

He was governor of the provinces of Amazonas, named by imperial letter of January 19, 1878, from 7 March 1878 to 26 August 1879, from Mato Grosso and Pará from 16 of December 1882 the 1884, and Minister of War in 1889, having commanded the delimitation of the border between Brazil and Paraguay. He was also a minister of the Superior Military Court.[2][3][4]

References
  1. "Rufino Enéas Gustavo Galvão". Plataforma Integra-JMU. Superior Military Tribunal of Brazil. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. Superior Tribunal Militar, Relação de Ministros desde 1808.
  3. "Memorial Visconde de Maracajú". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  4. "Luis Antonio Barreto Pesquise - Pesquisa de Sergipe / InfoNet". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013., A família do visconde

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