Epaminondas Jácome

Epaminondas Jácome, photography probably before his term in office

Epaminondas Tito Jácome (born April 20, 1867 in Campo Grande , Rio Grande do Norte , † March 29, 1928 in Natal , Rio Grande do Norte) was a Brazilian politician and the first governor of the federal territory of Acre .

Life

Epaminondas Jácome, son of Colonel Luís Florêncio Jácome (1834-1924) and Jesuína Teodolina Porciúncula, came from the state of Rio Grande do Norte. His brothers Pompeu Jácome (1866–1966) and Luiz Florêncio Jácome (1874–1944) were also active there as politicians. Jácome received a doctorate in medicine. In 1902 he went to Acre and became a supporter of José Plácido de Castro (1873-1908) in the resistance against the invasion of Bolivia into the Acrean territory. Acre, until 1903 by the Treaty of Petrópolis become Brazilian territory, experienced at the time autonomy and Republic-ups, as a "veteran" of Revolução Acriana and member of the Clube Político 24 de Janeiro , named after the day of the proclamation of the Third República do Acre began he took an active role from 1909. Before his appointment as governor, Jácome held a number of municipal and departmental administrative posts, including from 1910 as sub-prefect of the Departamento do Alto Acre .

From January 1, 1921 to June 22, 1922 Epaminondas Jácome was the first governor of the newly created federal territory of Acre . He was appointed by the Brazilian President Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa . When he took office, Acre had a population of around 92,000. His tasks included creating a centralized administrative structure with the new capital Rio Branco (1920: around 20,000 inhabitants) from the four previously existing regional prefectural administrations of the departments that made up the new federal territory. The country was economically affected by the end of the rubber boom . His successor in office was Francisco de Oliveira Conde .

On May 24, 1922, Governor Jácome introduced a new national coat of arms during his tenure at the time , after a national flag had been introduced as a state insignia a year earlier.

Honors

In Rio Branco the Avenida Epaminondas Jácome is named after him, in Xapuri the local hospital. In the Academia Acriana de Letras , Epaminondas Jácome was the namesake for seat no.21.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary: O Acre de ducto. Desappareceu um de seus importantes elementos historicos. In: O Rebate , Juruá, Anno VIII, No. 181 of April 8, 1928. Retrieved March 29, 2018 (Portuguese).
2. ↑ Ex-Prefeitos de Campo Grande RN. Retrieved January 25, 2014 (Portuguese).
3. ↑ Grandes Nomes da Nossa História: Epaminondas Tito Jácome ( Memento of July 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the city of Campo Grande. Retrieved January 25, 2014 (Portuguese).
4. ↑ Juliana de Souza Dantas: Estado e sociedade civil no Acre (1970-1980). Natal / RN 2011, p. 30. (Zugl .: Diss., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2008). (PDF; 710 kB). Retrieved January 24, 2014 (Portuguese).
5. ↑ Governors of the Acre territory  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 23, 2014 from worldleadersindex.org  
6. ↑ Resolução number 45 do governo do Território Federal do Acre datada de 24/05/1922 .
7. ↑ Acre: Brasão ( Memento of November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

predecessor	Office	successor
---	Governor of the Federal Territory do Acre January 1, 1921 to June 22, 1922	Francisco de Oliveira Conde