History of Brasília - Wikipedia History of Brasília This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese. ( April 2010 ) Click for important translation instructions. View a machine - translated version of the Portuguese article. Google 's machine translation is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy - pasting machine - translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low - quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign - language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary ( using German ) : Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at ( ( : de : Exact name of German article ) ) ; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ( ( Translated pt História de Brasília ) ) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia : Translation. This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2014 ) Main articles : Brasília and Timeline of Brasília The history of Brasília, the centrally located capital of Brazil, started with discussions in the eighteenth century. The name Brasília was first proposed in 1822, but construction only began in 1956, following the election of Juscelino Kubitschek as President of Brazil. Its official declaration as a city dates to 21. April 1960, and the process of moving the federal government offices started on that date. The Juscelino Kubitschek Memorial. President Juscelino Kubitschek ordered the construction of Brasília, fulfilling an article of the country 's constitution dating back to 1891 stating that the capital should be moved from Rio de Janeiro to a place close to the center of the country. The building of the new capital also fulfilled a campaign promise of Kubitschek. The plan was originally conceived in 1827 by José Bonifacio, an advisor to Emperor Pedro I, who presented a plan to the General Assembly for a new city called Brasilia with the initial idea of moving the capital further westward from the already heavily populated southeastern corridor. The bill was not enacted because Emperor Pedro I dissolved the Assembly. Lúcio Costa won a contest and was the main urban planner. Oscar Niemeyer, a close friend of Lúcio 's, was the chief architect of most public buildings and Roberto Burle Marx was the landscape designer. Brasília was built in 41 months, from 1956 to April 21, 1960, when it was officially inaugurated. From 1763 to 1960, Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil. At this time, resources tended to be centered in Brazil 's southeast region near Rio de Janeiro. Brasília 's geographically more central location made for a more regionally neutral federal capital. The idea of locating the capital in the center of Brazil was first suggested in 1891 but was not defined until 1922. Satellite view. Right from the beginning, the growth of Brasília exceeded expectations. Until the 1980s, the governor of the Distrito Federal was appointed by the Federal Government, and the laws of Brasília were issued by the Brazilian Federal Senate. After the Constitution of 1988, Brasília gained the right to elect its Governor, and a District Assembly ( Câmara Distrital ) was elected to exercise legislative power. See also Timeline of Brasília References This article article about the history of Brazil is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= History_of_Brasília&oldid = 773866280 '' Categories : History of Brasília Brazilian history stubs Hidden categories : Articles to be expanded from April 2010 All articles to be expanded Articles needing translation from Portuguese Wikipedia Articles lacking sources from July 2014 All articles lacking sources All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Português Edit links This page was last edited on 4 April 2017, at 21 : 42 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: which brazilian president ordered the construction of brasilia
Answer: Juscelino Kubitschek