Carlos Botelho (politician)
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Carlos José de Arruda Botelho (14 May 1855 - 20 March 1947), more commonly known as Carlos Botelho, was a Brazilian politician.
Early life
[edit]Botelho was born in Piracicaba on May 14, 1855 to Conde do Pinhal and Francisca Teodora Coelho. His father was a Brazilian federal deputy.[1]
Biography
[edit]Botelho completed his first studies in 1867 at the Pátio do Colégio, a traditional Jesuit college in Itu, São Paulo. That same year, he moved to Rio de Janeiro where he continued his studies at the 2nd year of the Faculty of Medicine. In 1875, he traveled to Franceand enrolled in the 3rd year of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris. It was there that, in 1878, he received his Doctorate of Medicine. After a few months of travels throughout Europe, he returned home to São Paulo. Shortly after his return, he married Constança de Brito Souza Filgueiras in Rio de Janeiro.[1]
Political career
[edit]He served as the Secretary of Agriculture of São Paulo and later as a Senator of the Republic. He has been called "the Patron Saint of Japanese Immigration in Brazil" for having signed the contract for the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to Brazil in 1908 during the government of Jorge Tibiriçá.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ruiz, Glacy Weber. "Carlos Jose de Arruda Botelho". www.weber-ruiz.com.br. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "Sobre o Parque | Parque Carlos Botelho - Sistema Ambiental Paulista - Governo de SP". Carlos Botelho State Park. 2016-12-30. Archived from the original on 2016-12-30. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
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