Augusto Tasso Fragoso
Brazilian writer, soldier and politician
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| Intro | Brazilian writer, soldier and politician | |
| A.K.A. | Tasso Fragoso | |
| A.K.A. | Tasso Fragoso | |
| Places | Brazil | |
| was | Politician Military personnel | |
| Work field | Military Politics | |
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| Birth | 28 August 1869, São Luís, Brazil | |
| Death | 20 September 1945Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aged 76 years) | |
| Star sign | Virgo |
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Biography
General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, better known as Tasso Fragoso (São Luiz, Maranhão August 28, 1869 – September 20, 1945) was a Brazilian soldier and author. He led a coup d'etat that deposed Washington Luís on 24 October 1930 and prevented president-elect Julio Prestes from assuming the presidency of the Republic of Brazil. He was chief of the Provisional Governing Council (Junta Governativa Provisória) which handed the presidency to Getúlio Vargas on 3 November 1930. He was also the cousin of Portuguese President António Óscar Fragoso Carmona.
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- A Revolução Farroupilha
- Históra da Guerra entre a Tríplice Aliança e o Paraguai (1934, in 5 volumes).
- Os Franceses no Rio de Janeiro.