Floriano Peixoto
Brazilian politician
Died when: 56 years 90 days (674 months)Star Sign: Taurus
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Floriano Vieira Peixoto (Portuguese pronunciation: [flo?i'?~nu vi'e(j)?? pe(j)'?otu] 30 April 1839 – 29 June 1895), born in Ipioca (today a district of the city of Maceió in the State of Alagoas), nicknamed the "Iron Marshal", was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the Paraguayan War, and the second president of Brazil.
He was the first vice president of Brazil to have succeeded the president mid-term.
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