Rufino Galvão, Viscount of Maracaju

Viscount Maracaju
President of Amazonas Province
In office March 7, 1878 – November 15, 1879
Monarch	Pedro II
Preceded by	Agesilão Pereira da Silva
Succeeded by	José Clarindo de Queirós
President of Mato Grosso Province
In office December 5, 1879 – May 2, 1881
Monarch	Pedro II
Preceded by	João José Pedrosa
Succeeded by	José Leite Galvão
President of Pará Province
In office December 16, 1882 – February 21, 1884
Monarch	Pedro II
Preceded by	João Rodrigues Chaves
Succeeded by	José de Araujo Roso Danin
Minister of the Superior Military Court
In office March 27, 1889 – February 18, 1909
Brazilian Minister of War
In office June 7th, 1889 – September 9, 1889
Preceded by	Tomás José Coelho de Almeida
Succeeded by	Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães
Personal details
Born	(1831-07-02)July 2, 1831 Laranjeiras, Sergipe, Brazil
Died	February 18, 1909(1909-02-18) (aged 77) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Brazil  Brazilian Republic
Branch	Imperial Brazilian Army  Brazilian Army
Years of service	1851 — 1909
Rank	Marshal
Battles/wars	Platine War Paraguayan War Battle of Apa River
Coat of Arms of the Viscount of Maracaju

Rufino Enéas Gustavo Galvão, Viscount of Maracaju (1831-1909) was a Brazilian military officer and politician who fought in the Paraguayan War, served as Provincial President of three different Brazilian provinces, as the Minister of War of Brazil and as a member of the Superior Military Court of Brazil.^[1]

As a military officer, he participated in the battles of Ytororó and Avay, he was the Chief of the Engineering Commission which after the Paraguayan War marked the new border with Paraguay, where serving with distinction, he earned the title of Baron of Maracaju. His highest achieved rank was that of Marshal, however as he was demoted in the Proclamation of the Republic he died in the rank of Lieutenant-General.^[1]

As a politician, he was President of the Province of Amazonas (7 March 1879 - 27 August 1879), President of the Province of Mato Grosso (5 December 1879 - 2 May 1881), President of the Province of Pará (16 December 1882 - 11 May 1883), Minister of War in three different periods (7 June 1889 - 2 September 1889 | 1 October 1889 - 17 October 1889 | 12 November 1889 - 15 November 1889), and after the Proclamation of the Republic, Minister of the Superior Military Court.^[1]

Biography

Galvão was the son of José Antônio da Fonseca Galvão and Mariana Clementina de Vasconcelos Galvão, brother of Antônio Eneas Gustavo Galvão, baron of Rio Apa, and judge Manuel do Nascimento da Fonseca Galvão .

He was governor of the provinces of Amazonas, named by imperial letter of January 19, 1878, from 7 March 1878 to 26 August 1879, from Mato Grosso and Pará from 16 of December 1882 the 1884, and Minister of War in 1889, having commanded the delimitation of the border between Brazil and Paraguay. He was also a minister of the Superior Military Court.^[2][3][4]

References

1. "Rufino Enéas Gustavo Galvão". Plataforma Integra-JMU. Superior Military Tribunal of Brazil. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
2. Superior Tribunal Militar, Relação de Ministros desde 1808.
3. "Memorial Visconde de Maracajú". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
4. "Luis Antonio Barreto Pesquise - Pesquisa de Sergipe / InfoNet". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013., A família do visconde

Further reading

• Fala com que abriu no dia 25 de agosto de 1878 a 1.ª sessão da 14.ª legislatura da Assembleia Legislativa Provincial do Amazonas o exmo. sr. Barão de Maracaju, presidente da província
• Exposição com que o exmo. sr. Barão de Maracaju, presidente da província do Amazonas, entregou a administração em 26 de agosto de 1879 ao exmo. sr. dr. Romualdo de Sousa Pais de Andrade