 joÃ£o fernandes campos cafÃ© filho gcte (; february 3, 1899 â february 20, 1970) was a brazilian politician. he was the first protestant president of brazil. == biography == cafÃ© filho, lawyer, was born in natal, rio grande do norte, february 3, 1899. he was the founder of the jornal do norte (1921), editor of the o correio de bezerros in the city of bezerros, pernambuco (1923), and director of newspaper a noite (1925), writing in the latter, articles in which he asked the soldiers, corporals and young officers to refuse to fight the called "coluna prestes", which resulted in his conviction to three months in prison. he then escaped to bahia in 1927, under the name of senÃ­lson pessoa cavalcanti, but eventually returned to natal, where he surrendered. in 1923, he ran for alderman in natal, but failed. he joined the liberal alliance and was one of the founders, in 1933, of the social nationalist party of rio grande do norte (psn). cafÃ© filho was elected federal deputy (1935-1937) and stood out for the defense of constitutional liberties. threatened with arrest, sought asylum in argentina, returning to brazil in 1938. founded with ademar de barros, the progressive republican party (prp), for which he was elected federal deputy again (1946-1950). elected vice president by a coalition of parties that merged under the symbol progre
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