Quintino Bocaiuva

For the neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, see Quintino Bocaiuva, Rio de Janeiro.

Quintino Antônio Ferreira de Sousa Bocaiuva (4 December 1836 – 11 July 1912) was a Brazilian politician and writer. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil between 1889 and 1891. He was also President of the State of Rio de Janeiro, between 1900 and 1903. He was known for his actions during the Proclamation of the Republic.^[1][2]

Quintino Bocaiuva
Vice President of the Federal Senate
In office 26 June 1909 – 11 July 1912
Preceded by	Rui Barbosa
Succeeded by	Pinheiro Machado
President of Rio de Janeiro
In office 31 December 1900 – 31 December 1903
Vice President	Rangel Pestana Pereira Lima Antonino Fialho
Preceded by	Alberto Torres
Succeeded by	Nilo Peçanha
Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs
In office 15 November 1889 – 23 January 1891
President	Deodoro da Fonseca
Preceded by	José Francisco Diana
Succeeded by	Justo Chermont
Legislative offices
1909–1912	Senator
1892–1900	Senator
1890–1891	Senator
Personal details
Born	Quintino Antônio Ferreira de Sousa (1836-12-04)4 December 1836 Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died	11 July 1912(1912-07-11) (aged 75) Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Spouses	Luísa Amélia de Almeida Costa ​ ​ (m. 1860; died 1885)​ Ana Bianca Rossi ​ (m. 1892)​
Children	15
Parents	Quintino Ferreira de Sousa (father) Maria Candelaria Moreno y Aragón (mother)
Occupation	journalist politician reviewer typographer
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	No service
Rank	Brigadier general (honorific)

Bocaiuva was born in Itaguaí and then moved to São Paulo, where he started working as a typographer. He started to study Law but dropped out of his studies due economic reasons. As a Nativist, he adopted the name "Bocaiuva", in reference to a local kind of palm tree. He started his career as a journalist, defending Republican ideas in some newspapers of Rio de Janeiro.

He died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 75. The neighborhood where he lived in the city was named after him, Quintino Bocaiuva, and is popularly known as Quintino.