vicepresident predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place president nationality party birth_date term_start order image article_title term_end name
'' none '' venceslau brás urbano santos bueno brandão epitácio pessoa bueno de paiva artur bernardes 1 july 1920 cristina , minas gerais , empire of brazil santa rita do sapucaí , minas gerais , brazil epitácio pessoa brazilian minas gerais republican 7 november 1868 15 november 1918 28 july 1919 7 september 1914 10th 13th governor of minas gerais president of brazil 8th vice president of brazil delfim moreira -lrb- 1918 -rrb- . jpg delfim moreira
 28 july 1919 1 july 1920 7 september 1918 delfim moreira
delfim moreira

delfim moreira da costa ribeiro -lrb- ; 7 november 1868 -- 1 july 1920 -rrb- was a brazilian politician .
he was born in minas gerais state to a portuguese father and to a portuguese brazilian mother who traced her ancestry back to the early settlers of brazil .
delfim moreira , elected vice president under rodrigues alves in 1918 , provisionally ruled the country as the brazilian constitution provided for new elections in case of disability of the president before completing two years in office .
rodrigues alves never even entered office , for he was stricken by the `` spanish flu '' and died on 16 january 1919 .
delfim moreira himself also did not have good health , suffering from some psychological conditions , therefore his short tenure was known as `` the republican regency '' since the government minister of transportation and public works , afrânio de melo franco , stood out in the president 's decision-making .
three days after the new government took over the country , a general strike hit the capital and the city of niterói .
the president ordered the closure of unions in rio de janeiro , on 22 november .
on 21 june 1919 , a dissident faction of the anarchists founded the brazilian communist party .
four months later , the government expelled from the country about a hundred of them , mostly foreigners , who worked in the workers movement of the cities of são paulo , santos , rio de janeiro and niterói , due to the discovery of an alleged plot aimed at overthrowing the government .
when epitácio pessoa assumed headship of the government , moreira became his vice president .
he died in the city of santa rita do sapucaí , on 1 july 1920 .
he was succeeded by bueno de paiva .
