Background
BARBOSA LIMA SOBRINHO, Alexandre José was born on January 22, 1897 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
BARBOSA LIMA SOBRINHO, Alexandre José was born on January 22, 1897 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Educated Colégio Salesiano, Institute Ginasial Pernambucano. Bachelor of Laws, University do Recife, 1917.
Assistant to district attorney, Recife, 1917. Reporter and political editor, Jornal do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 1921-1924, editor-inchief since 1924. Federal deputy for Pernambuco, 1935-1937.
Member Constituent Assembly, 1946. Member: Academy Brasileira de Letras, Associagáo Brasileira de Imprensa, Institute Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Institute dos Advogados do Rio de Janeiro, Society Brasileira de Criminologia, Society de Geografía, Institute do Alcoól e Agucar (president). Member, Institute Arqueológico Pernambucano, Institute de Advogados de Sáo Paulo.