João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque

João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque ( born January 24, 1878 in Umbuzeiro, Paraíba, † July 26, 1930 in Recife ) was a Brazilian politician. He was governor of the state of Paraíba 1928-1930. Late President Getúlio Vargas nominated him in the presidential election in 1930 as a candidate for the vice presidency. On July 26, 1930 Pessoa but was murdered by his political rival João Duarte Dantas. Dantas ' apartment had been previously searched by local police forces; shortly afterwards details of an intimate correspondence with the poet Anaíde Beiriz were penetrated to the public. Pessoa's murder is one of the key events leading up to the Revolution of 1930, during which Vargas finally came to power.

In 1930 the capital Paraíbas was renamed after a referendum in João Pessoa. An indirect reference to Pessoa is also found in the state flag Paraíbas: The word " nego " (literally: I reject ) to the independence of the State underline and refers to a telegram which Joao Pessoa in July 1929, the then President Washington Luís sent. In it, he refused to support in the next presidential election proposed by Luís Júlio Prestes candidates. Prestes was indeed elected in March 1930, the election, however, by some parties and states - challenged and ultimately meaningless by the coup of 3 October 1930 - including Paraíba.

Pessoa's political significance is controversial: see His supporters in him a dedicated fighter against the power of oligarchies, even though he came from a family that belonged to the upper class. He led by political reforms, which led to a consolidation of public finances Paraíbas, but mainly weighed on the trader the inland.

• Governor of Paraíba
• Brazilian
• Born in 1878
• Died in 1930
• Man