Rui Barbosa

Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira ( born November 5, 1849 in Salvador da Bahia, † March 1, 1923 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian writer, jurist, and politician.

Life

Ruy Barbosa, even in the case Rui Barbosa, was as a politician Bundesabgeordeter, diplomat, Senator, and later Minister of Finance in Brazil. For his significant participation in the Hague Convention and the Hague Peace Conferences of 1907, he earned his nickname " Eagle of The Hague " (English Eagle of The Hague ). To the presidency of Brazil in 1910 and again in 1919, he has, however, unsuccessfully applied.

At the age of 19 years Ruy Barbosa made ​​his first public speech on the abolition of slavery. For the rest of his life he remained an uncompromising advocate of civil liberties and rights. His liberal ideas had significant influence in the design of the republican constitution of 1891. He supported monetary policy concepts such as the Fiat Money in contrast to the gold standard for Brazil. During his tenure as Minister of Finance of Brazil he carried out far-reaching reforms of the financial system in Brazil and put an extremely expansionary monetary policy in force. However, the result was chaos and instability: the so-called " Fiat Experiment" was seen as a terrible mistake.

Academia Brasileira de Letras

Ruy Barbosa is one of the founders of the Academia Brasileira de Letras. He was the first holder of the chair No. 10 of the Academy. As a patron Ruy Barbosa Evaristo da Veiga chose.

Honors

In honor of Ruy Barbosa today ( 2013) was about 30,000 inhabitants, Orobó in the State of Bahia in 1922, renamed in Ruy Barbosa.

Works

• Obras completas de Rui Barbosa. Rio de Janeiro. 125 Bd