Afonso Celso, Viscount of Ouro Preto

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Viscount of Ouro Preto
Minister of Finance
In office 7 June 1889 – 15 November 1889
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	João Alfredo
Succeeded by	Ruy Barbosa
In office 8 February 1879 – 28 March 1880
Prime Minister	Viscount of Sinimbu
Preceded by	Silveira Martins
Succeeded by	José Antônio Saraiva
Minister of the Navy
In office 3 August 1866 – 16 July 1868
Prime Minister	Zacarias de Góis
Preceded by	Silveira Lobo
Succeeded by	Baron of Cotegipe
Senator for Minas Gerais
In office 26 April 1879 – 15 November 1889
Appointed by	Pedro II
General Deputy for Minas Gerais
In office 1 February 1877 – 26 April 1879
In office 1 January 1864 – 18 July 1868
Personal details
Born	(1836-02-02)2 February 1836 Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil
Died	21 February 1912(1912-02-21) (aged 76) Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Francisca de Paula Martins de Toledo ​ ​ (m. 1859)​
Children	6
Parents	João Antônio Afonso (father) Maria Madalena de Figueiredo (mother)
Alma mater	Faculty of Law of Largo de São Francisco
Occupation	author lawyer politician professor
Coat of Arms of the Viscount of Ouro Preto

Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo, the Viscount of Ouro Preto (2 February 1836 – 21 February 1912) was a

His brother, Carlos Afonso de Assis Figueiredo, was Minister of War and president of the province of Rio de Janeiro. The Viscount of Ouro Preto wrote a work of history about the first ten years of the Republic.

Career

Member of the Liberal Party, Afonso Celso was elected senator by the province of Minas Gerais and took office on 26 April 1879. He also held the positions of Secretary of Police, Inspector of the Provincial Treasury and procurator of the Treasury. Having been provincial deputy in two terms and general deputy for Minas Gerais four times.

Still in the Empire, the viscount of Ouro Preto, convicted monarchist, embraced the abolitionist cause. As senator, he created a tax of 20 réis on the price of tram tickets, a fact that generated great agitation in Rio de Janeiro, known as the "Revolta do Vintém", in January 1880.

He published, among other works, the squadron and the parliamentary opposition and Advent of the military dictatorship. He was awarded the Viscount's nobiliarchic title with greatness on 13 June 1888 by Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, who was acting as regent.

He was

Later life

He lived in exile until 1892, a year after the Emperor's death, when he was allowed to return and decided not to pursue a career in republican politics.

At the beginning of the 20th century, after the proclamation of the republic, he was professor of Civil and Commercial Law at the Free School of Legal and Social Sciences of Rio de Janeiro. He was one of the most important politicians of the Second Reign of the Empire of Brazil and great friend of Emperor Pedro II.

He died in Rio de Janeiro in 1912 at 76 years of age. He was buried in the São João Baptista cemetery.