{"id":"afonso-pena","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/afonso-pena","language":"en","name":"Afonso Pena","name_en":"Afonso Pena","name_ne":null,"description":"6th president of Brazil","headline":"6th president of Brazil","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena was a Brazilian lawyer, professor, and politician who served as the sixth president of Brazil, from 1906 until his death in 1909. Pena was elected in 1906, the chosen successor of president Rodrigues Alves. Pena was the first politician from Minas Gerais to win the presidency, ending the series of politicians from São Paulo who had held the presidency since 1894. Before his presidency, he served as the 4th vice president of Brazil, under Rodrigues Alves (1903–1906) after the death of Silviano Brandão. Pena was a monarchist. He was the only member of Emperor Pedro II's cabinet to become president of Brazil and the first Brazilian president to die in office.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"30 November 1847","date":"1847-11-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Santa Bárbara","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22065207"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"14 June 1909","date":"1909-06-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rio de Janeiro","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8678"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Brazil","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"professor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121594"},{"text":"banker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q806798"},{"text":"governor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132050"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Mineiro Republican Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q834073"},{"text":"Partido Liberal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3366484"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Law School of the University of São Paulo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2667184"},{"text":"Colégio do Caraça","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55418607"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Maria Guilhermina de Oliveira Pena","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10325876"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Brazil (15 November 1906 – 14 June 1909)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5176750","start":"1906-11-15","end":"1909-06-14"},{"text":"Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (17 June 1903 – 15 November 1906)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2978540","start":"1903-06-17","end":"1906-11-15"},{"text":"President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (15 November 1902 – 15 November 1906)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48855351","start":"1902-11-15","end":"1906-11-15"},{"text":"president of Banco do Brasil (19 October 1895 – 14 November 1898)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98971588","start":"1895-10-19","end":"1898-11-14"},{"text":"governor of Minas Gerais (14 July 1892 – 7 September 1894)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53739337","start":"1892-07-14","end":"1894-09-07"},{"text":"Minas Gerais senator","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59384519"},{"text":"federal deputy of Minas Gerais","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59401947"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1255921"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_Pena","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Afonso Pena born?","a":"Afonso Pena was born on 30 November 1847 in Santa Bárbara."},{"q":"What positions has Afonso Pena held?","a":"Positions held by Afonso Pena include: President of Brazil (1906–1909); Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1903–1906); President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (1902–1906); president of Banco do Brasil (1895–1898); governor of Minas Gerais (1892–1894)."},{"q":"Where did Afonso Pena study?","a":"Afonso Pena was educated at Law School of the University of São Paulo, Colégio do Caraça."}],"related":[{"name":"João Goulart","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joao-goulart"},{"name":"Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva"},{"name":"Dilma Rousseff","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dilma-rousseff"},{"name":"João Figueiredo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joao-figueiredo"},{"name":"Ranieri Mazzilli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ranieri-mazzilli"},{"name":"Getúlio Vargas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/getulio-vargas"},{"name":"Floriano Peixoto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/floriano-peixoto"},{"name":"José Sarney","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-sarney"},{"name":"Café Filho","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cafe-filho"},{"name":"Nilo Peçanha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nilo-pecanha"},{"name":"Venceslau Brás","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/venceslau-bras"},{"name":"Prudente de Morais","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prudente-de-morais"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/afonso-pena-1e98531f72.jpg","width":500,"height":748,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Governo do Brasil","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Afonso_Pena.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Afonso Pena","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_Pena","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q311185","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311185","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Afonso Pena.jpg by Governo do Brasil (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Afonso_Pena.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Afonso Pena, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Afonso Pena.jpg — Governo do Brasil, Public domain.","cite":"\"Afonso Pena\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/afonso-pena. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/afonso-pena","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/afonso-pena","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/afonso-pena?lang=ne"}}