Silvestre Péricles
Governor of Alagoas
In office
29 March 1947 – 31 February 1951
Preceded byGuedes de Miranda
Succeeded byArnon de Melo
Senator for Alagoas
In office
1 February 1959 – 1 February 1967
Preceded byEzequias Rocha
Succeeded byTeotônio Vilela
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
5 February 1946 – 1 April 1947
Personal details
Born
Silvestre Péricles de Góis Monteiro

(1896-03-30)March 30, 1896
São Luís do Quitunde, Alagoas, Brazil
DiedNovember 16, 1972(1972-11-16) (aged 76)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma materFederal University of Pernambuco

Silvestre Péricles de Góis Monteiro (March 30, 1896, São Luís do Quitunde – November 16, 1972, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian soldier and politician, whose family was in power in Alagoas during the Third Brazilian Republic.

Early life

Silvestre was the son of Pedro Aureliano Monteiro dos Santos and Constança Cavalcante de Góis Monteiro. He graduated from the Federal University of Pernambuco and from the Academy of Commerce of Porto Alegre. In Rio Grande do Sul he was War Auditor in Erechim, São Gabriel, and Porto Alegre. In his home state he was editor of the Diário Oficial and police delegate in Maceió.

Political career

A member of a family that emerged in politics in Alagoas after the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the government in 1934 for the National Progressive Party, but that same year saw his party approach Getúlio Vargas and count on his benevolence. The president appointed Pedro Aurélio de Góis Monteiro to the Ministry of War[1] and Edgar de Góis Monteiro to occupy the Palácio Marechal Floriano Peixoto.[2]

The presence of the Góis Monteiro family in the politics of Alagoas led to the appointment of Ismar de Góis Monteiro as governor[3] and his succession by his brother Edgar.[4] During this, Pedro Aurélio was reinstated by Vargas in the ministry and remained in office until the government of Eurico Gaspar Dutra.[5] After the re-democratization of the country at the end of World War II, the brothers joined the Social Democratic Party and Silvestre Péricles was elected federal deputy in 1945 and governor of Alagoas in 1947.[6] His biography also includes a stint as minister of the Federal Audit Court.[7]

He returned to politics in 1958, when he was elected senator for the Social Labour Party[8] and from then on his rivalry with Arnon de Melo intensified to the point where the two engaged in gunfire in the middle of the Federal Senate: after an exchange of accusations and insults, the rivals were both attending the December 4, 1963 session when at different moments they drew their weapons in the session. Prevented from hitting Melo by the intervention of Senator João Agripino, Silvestre Péricles took cover under the bench and witnessed his enemy's retaliation, who, in an attempt to shoot him, hit and killed José Kairala,[9] but because of his parliamentary immunity, Arnon de Melo received no punishment.

Alongside the situations described above, Silvestre Péricles migrated to the Christian Democratic Party and was defeated in the election for the government of Alagoas in 1960. In 1962 he lost the election for federal deputy even though he had half his mandate as senator to serve. After a stint in the Brazilian Labor Party he joined the Brazilian Democratic Movement after the victory of the military regime in 1964, and in 1970 lost the election for federal deputy. After him, the city of São Luís do Quitunde still achieved two state governors: Lamenha Filho and Divaldo Suruagy.

References

  1. ↑ Ministro da Guerra entre 18 de janeiro de 1934 e 7 de maio de 1935
  2. ↑ Governador de Alagoas entre 26 de março e 10 de maio de 1935
  3. ↑ Governou de 1º de fevereiro de 1941 até 10 de novembro de 1945.
  4. ↑ De 10 de novembro até 18 de dezembro de 1945.
  5. ↑ Retornou ao cargo em 3 de agosto de 1945 ocupando-o até 15 de outubro de 1946.
  6. ↑ "Min Silvestre Péricles de Góes Monteiro (1943-1961) | Portal TCU". portal.tcu.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  7. ↑ Ocupou uma cadeira no tribunal de 1943 a 1961, sem incompatibilidade aparente com o exercício dos mandatos de governador senador ao longo dos anos
  8. ↑ Seu maior adversário foi justamente Arnon de Melo, que concorria pela UDN e só viria a ser eleito em 1962
  9. ↑ "Silvestre Péricles, o governador rápido no gatilho". História de Alagoas (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-11-13. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

Sources

  • Ratatatatatá. Available in Veja, ed. 98, July 22, 1970. São Paulo: April. Silvestre Péricles (1896-1972). Available in Veja, ed. 220, November 22, 1972. São Paulo: April.
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