Jorge Tibiriçá
Jorge Tibiriçá | |
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President of São Paulo | |
In office October 18, 1890 – March 7, 1891 | |
Preceded by | Prudente de Morais |
Succeeded by | Américo Brasilliense |
Personal details | |
Born | Jorge Tibiriçá Piratininga November 15, 1855 Paris, France |
Died | September 30, 1928 São Paulo, Brazil | (aged 72)
Political party | PRP |
Jorge Tibiriçá Piratininga (November 15, 1855 — September 30, 1928) was a Brazilian politician who served as president (governor) of São Paulo.
Biography
Jorge Tibiriçá Piratininga, the son of
His administration would be marked by an improvement in the states armed forces by bringing a mission of the Gendarmerie from Paris to serve as a new model for the "Força Pública". And by his promoting of the Taubaté Agreement, an encounter of the governors of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro that resulted in an agreement that would help keep Brazilian coffee selling overseas at a lucrative price for Brazilian coffee barons until the Stock Market Crash of 1929. He is also known for lease holding the Sorocaba Railway to an American company.
He was the state secretary of agriculture, commerce and public works during the administration of Bernardino de Campos, and worked in the State Senate, from 1892 to 1924. He died in