Eurico Gaspar Dutra

Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883–1974), was a Brazilian marshal, politician and president of Brazil from 1946–1951.

He was born in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, and like many other Brazilians, was of Azorean-Portuguese origin. In 1936, he was appointed as Minister of War, a post he held until the end of WWII.

Gaspar Dutra was one of the generals in charge of the soldiers on the Brazilian Expeditionary Force that entered World War II, and he succeeded José Linhares in the presidency.

He left it in 1951 and until then, he was considered as a presidential candidate.

Gaspar Dutra died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's former capital.

Political offices
Preceded by
José Linhares		 President of Brazil
1946–1951		 Succeeded by
Getúlio Vargas
Presidents of Brazil
Old republic
  • Deodoro da Fonseca
  • Floriano Peixoto
  • Prudente de Morais
  • Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
  • Rodrigues Alves
  • Afonso Pena
  • Nilo Peçanha
  • Hermes da Fonseca
  • Venceslau Brás
  • Delfim Moreira
  • Epitácio Pessoa
  • Artur Bernardes
  • Washington Luís
  • Júlio Prestes
Vargas era
  • Provisional Military Junta
  • Getúlio Vargas
  • José Linhares
Republic of 46
  • Eurico Gaspar Dutra
  • Getúlio Vargas
  • Café Filho
  • Carlos Luz
  • Nereu Ramos
  • Juscelino Kubitschek
  • Jânio Quadros
  • Ranieri Mazzilli
  • João Goulart
Military dictatorship
  • Ranieri Mazzilli
  • Humberto Castello Branco
  • Artur da Costa e Silva
  • Military Junta
  • Emílio Médici
  • Ernesto Geisel
  • João Figueiredo
New republic
  • Tancredo Neves
  • José Sarney
  • Fernando Collor de Mello
  • Itamar Franco
  • Fernando Henrique Cardoso
  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Dilma Rousseff
Authority control
  • VIAF: 23530567
Persondata
Name Dutra, Eurico Gaspar
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth May 18, 1883
Place of birth Cuiabá, Mato Grosso
Date of death June 11, 1974
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro


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