Emílio Lúcio Esteves

Emílio Lúcio Esteves (born December 23, 1883 in Taquara , Rio Grande do Sul , † December 10, 1943 ) was a Brazilian general .

Life

Military training, officer and staff officer

Esteves, son of José Luís Esteves and Emília Monteiro Esteves, attended the Tactics and Rifle Preparation School (Escola Preparatória de Tática e de Tiro) in Rio Pardo between April 1903 and January 1906 and then the War School (Escola de Guerra) in Porto Alegre , where he completed a course for officers of the infantry and cavalry until January 1909 . After a brief assignment in the Commission for the General Map of Brazil, he began a course at the Artillery and Engineering School (Escola de Artilharia e Engenharia) in April 1909 and became a lieutenant in February 1911promoted. He was posted to the government of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in June 1911 and became an instructor in the state's military brigade in July 1912. In February 1918 he was promoted to first lieutenant and from January 1921 to January 1922 attended the officers' high school (Escola de Aperfeiçoamento de Oficiais) , whereupon he became chief instructor of the military brigade of Rio Grande do Sul and was promoted to captain there in April 1922 . He was the commander of a battalion of this military brigade and, on the orders of the federal government, took part in the suppression of a revolt led by General Isidoro Dias Lopes in São Paulo on July 5, 1924.

After his promotion to major in October 1924, Esteves took command of a unit of the Rio Grande do Sul Brigade in November 1924 to suppress a revolt in Santo Ângelo led by Captain Luís Carlos Prestes since October 1923 . In August 1925 he was the commander of this unit in the suppression of an uprising by the military movement named after Prestes ( Coluna Prestes ) under the leadership of Miguel Alberto Crispim Rodrigo da Costa in Goiás . In March 1927 he became head of the military preparatory course of the military brigade and as such was promoted to lieutenant colonel in February 1929 . He then began his training at the General Staff School of the Army (Escola de Estado-Maior do Exército) in Rio de Janeiro and was transferred to the War Ministry in October 1930, before he became President of the Republic on March 3, after the coup and General Getúlio Vargas took office . November 1930 became the Cabinet chief of Justice Minister Oswaldo Aranha . After his promotion to colonel in April 1931, he graduated from the General Staff School (Escola de Estado-Maior) in November 1931 .

Promotion to general

Subsequently, Esteves was from November 1931 to 1936 commander of the military police in the Distrito Federal do Brasil Rio de Janeiro and received in this function in December 1932 his promotion to brigadier general . In addition, he was President of the Clube Militar from 1934 to 1935 and was accused by the Governor of Rio Grande do Sul José Antônio Flores da Cunha in a letter to President Vargas in February 1935 , along with Minister of the Navy Admiral Protógenes Guimarães and General João Guedes da Fontoura , Valdomiro Castilho de Lima and Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho lead a conspiracy against the president to establish a military dictatorship. In December 1935, he attended a meeting with War Minister Major General João Gomes Ribeiro Filho , Major General Valdomiro Castilho de Lima, Pedro Aurélio de Góis Monteiro , Eurico Gaspar Dutra and Brigadier General João Guedes da Fontoura, José Pessôa Cavalconcelanti de Albuquerque , José Meira de Vasira de Vasira and Júlio Caetano Horta Barbosa took part in Rio de Janeiro to plan measures to combat communist uprisings. After completing a general staff course in April 1936, he became both commander of the 3rd military region (3ª Região Militar) and commander of the 3rd infantry division (3ª Divisão de Infantaria) in October 1936, and held these functions until he was replaced by General Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho in August 1937. When tensions between the federal government of President Vargas and the governor of Rio Grande do Sul José Antônio Flores da Cunha increased in the course of the year, he was also appointed administrator for the by the president in April 1937 Martial law appointed in that state. After talks with the governor to pacify the situation, martial law was suspended on June 18, 1937.

Esteves was then between August 1937 and July 1938 commander of the 4th Military Region (4ª Região Militar) with headquarters in Juiz de Fora and from August 26, 1938 to July 12, 1939 head of the engineering department in the War Ministry. In May 1939 he was promoted to major general and in July 1939 he was appointed commander of the 5th Military Region (5ª Região Militar) and commander of the 5th Infantry Division (5ª Divisão de Infantaria) with headquarters in Curitiba . He was then in November 1940, General Inspector of the second group of military regions and at the same time in May 1941 Head of the training of the high command of the army . He held this post until his fatal car accident on December 10, 1943 and was posthumously promoted to general . His successor as General Inspector of the 2nd Group of the Military Regions was General Pedro de Alcântara Cavalcanti de Albuquerque .

Web links

• Entry in Generals.dk
• Biography on the homepage of the Fundação Getulio Vargas - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil