Francisco Jê Acaiaba de Montezuma, Viscount of Jequitinhonha
Viscount of Jequitinhonha | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 16 May 1837 – 19 September 1837 | |
| Monarchs | Pedro II (Regent Diogo Antônio Feijó) |
| Preceded by | Gustavo Pantoja |
| Succeeded by | Bernardo P. de Vasconcelos |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 16 May 1837 – 19 September 1837 | |
| Preceded by | Antônio Paulino |
| Succeeded by | Antônio Peregrino |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francisco Gomes Brandão 23 March 1794 Salvador, Bahia, Colonial Brazil |
| Died | 15 February 1870 (aged 75) Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
| Spouses | Mariana Angélica de Toledo Marcondes
(m. 1823; died 1836)Francisca Maria de Jesus
(m. 1842) |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Occupation | Politician; journalist; diplomat |
Francisco Jê Acaiaba de Montezuma, first and only Viscount of Jequitinhonha, born Francisco Gomes Brandão (23 March 1794 – 15 February 1870), was a Brazilian jurist, diplomat and politician. He was a senator for the province of Bahia from 1851 to 1870, commanded two ministries during the regency of Diogo Antônio Feijó and was president of the Bank of Brazil.
Montezuma graduated in law from the University of Coimbra. He was the founder and first president of the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers. He was also a pioneer in Brazilian Freemasonry, being the greatest Brazilian Masonic authority of his time. As a politician, he was one of the early proponents of abolitionism.