predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality blankname party appointer article_title birth_date term_start spouse namedata image order term_end name
getúlio paiva vargas eduardo espínola laudo de camargo ataulfo de eurico franco gaspar dutra laudo de camargo orozimbo nonato ary 26 january 1957 baturité , ceará , empire of brazil caxambu , minas gerais , brazil brazilian vice president independent getúlio vargas josé linhares
 28 january 1886 29 24 december 1937 october 1945 26 may 1945 2 may 1951 luísa linhares '' none '' jose linhares.jpg 15th court minister of the supreme federal court president of brazil president of the supreme federal 31 29 january 1956 january 1946 31 january 1949 29 january 1956 josé linhares
josé linhares

josé linhares , -lrb- ; january 28 , 1886 -- january 26 , 1957 -rrb- served as president of the supreme federal court from 1945 to 1956 .
he assumed the presidency of brazil from 1945 to 1946 , between the deposition of getúlio vargas and the oath of eurico gaspar dutra .
josé linhares devoted himself mainly to prepare the return to democratic order , replacing the stakeholders in the states by judiciary members , giving the new parliament constitution-making powers , extinguishing the court of national security , abolishing the state of emergency , provided in the 1937 constitution , among other measures .
in the economic and administrative field , acted against inflation , revoked the antitrust law , one of the factors that led to the deposition of vargas , and extinguished the council of people 's economy .
granted autonomy to the university of brazil and regulated various departments of the ministry of transportation and public works .
in december 1945 elections were held for the presidency and the national constituent assembly .
josé linhares remained in office until the inauguration of the elected president , eurico gaspar dutra .
