Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒulju ˈpɾɛstʃiz dʒi awbuˈkɛʁki]; 15 March 1882 – 9 February 1946) was a Brazilian poet, lawyer and politician. He was the last elected President of Brazil of the period known as the Old Republic, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930. Prestes was the only politician to be elected President of Brazil and then impeded from taking office. He was also the last person born in São Paulo to be elected president until the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018.

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Júlio Prestes
President-elect of Brazil
In role 21 May 1930 – 24 October 1930
Vice President	Vital Soares (elect)
Preceded by	Washington Luís
Succeeded by	Military Junta (interim)
President of São Paulo
In office 17 July 1927 – 21 May 1930
Vice President	Heitor Teixeira Penteado
Preceded by	Carlos de Campos
Succeeded by	Heitor Teixeira Penteado
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 14 May 1923 – 14 July 1927
Constituency	São Paulo
State Deputy of São Paulo
In office 7 April 1909 – 7 April 1923
Constituency	At-large
Personal details
Born	Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque 15 March 1882 Itapetininga, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
Died	9 February 1946(1946-02-09) (aged 63) São Paulo, Brazil
Political party	PRP (1909–37) UDN (1945–46)
Spouse	Alice Vianna ​ ​ (m. 1906; died 1940)​
Children	Marialice Fernando Neto Irene
Profession	Lawyer, farmer
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On 23 June 1930, he became the second Brazilian featured on the cover of Time magazine.^[1]

Prestes graduated with a law degree from the Law School of São Paulo (today the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo) in 1906. He married Alice Viana and had three children with her.

He started his political career in 1909, when he was elected State Representative in São Paulo by the Republican Party of São Paulo (PRP). He was re-elected several times until 1923, and became noted for his defense of public employees in São Paulo.

As a State Representative, he introduced legislation that created the Court of Auditors of São Paulo and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnology of the University of São Paulo. He was the author of the law that incorporated the Sorocabana Railroad in the São Paulo State patrimony.

In the São Paulo Revolt of 1924, Prestes fought on the Coluna Sul, with Ataliba Leonel and Washington Luís, expelling the rebels of the region of Sorocaba.