Salgado Filho
Senator for Rio Grande do Sul
In office
15 March 1947  30 July 1950
Justice of the Superior Military Court
In office
16 March 1938  18 January 1941
Appointed byGetúlio Vargas
Preceded byAugusto Tasso Fragoso
Succeeded byWashington Vaz de Mello
Minister of Labour, Industry and Trade
In office
4 April 1932  25 July 1934
PresidentGetúlio Vargas
Preceded byLindolfo Collor
Succeeded byAgamenon Magalhães
Personal details
Born
Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho

(1988-07-02)2 July 1988
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died30 July 1950(1950-07-30) (aged 62)
São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political partyPSD (1945–1950)
OccupationLawyer, politician

Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho (2 July 1888 - 30 July 1950) was a Brazilian lawyer, political leader and influential figure in the separation of the Brazilian Air Force from the Army.

Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho was born the son of Joaquim Pedro Salgado and Maria Josefa Artayeta Palmeiro on 2 July 1888 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. He supported Getulio Vargas in the Revolution of 1930, working in the Federal District police (1930-1932), then Minister of Labour (1932-1934), congressman (1935-1937), Minister of Aeronautics (1941-1945) and Senator (1947-1950). He was also president of the Brazilian Labor Party from 1948 until his death.

It was one of the creators of the National Air Mail and Air Force School, which resulted in the separation of the Brazilian Air Force of the Army. He stimulated the creation of airports for commercial aviation in Brazil.


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