First Brazilian Republic

Republic of the
United States of Brazil
República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil
1889–1930
Motto: Ordem e Progresso
"Order and Progress"
Anthem: 
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
"Brazilian National Anthem"
Map of South America with Brazil highlighted in green
Brazil at its largest territorial extent, including Acre
CapitalRio de Janeiro
Common languagesPortuguese
GovernmentMilitary dictatorship (1889–1894)
Oligarchic federal presidential republic (1894–1930)
President 
• 1889–1891
Deodoro da Fonseca (first)
• 1926–1930
Washington Luís (last)
LegislatureNational Congress
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Historical era19th–20th century
15 November 1889
24 February 1891
1893–1894
1893–1895
• Civilian rule
15 November 1894
3 November 1930
Population
• 1890
14,333,915
• 1900
17,438,434
• 1920
30,635,605
CurrencyReal
ISO 3166 codeBR
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Empire of Brazil
Vargas Era

The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic (Portuguese: República Velha Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁeˈpublikɐ ˈvɛʎɐ]), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, refers to the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic began with the deposition of Emperor Pedro II in 1889, and ended with the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 that installed Getúlio Vargas as a new president. During the First Brazilian Republic, Brazil was dominated by a form of machine politics known as coronelism, in which the political and economic spheres were dominated by large landholders. The most powerful of such landholders were the coffee industry of São Paulo and the dairy industry of Minas Gerais. Because of the power of these two industries, the Old Republic's political system has been described as "milk coffee politics."


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