Background
LOPES, Ildefonso was born on November 19, 1866 in Pelotas, State of Rio Grande do Sul. Son of Joao Simoes Lopes and Zeferina da Luz Lopes, Viscount and Viscountess da Gra?a.
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Ildefonso Simoes LOPES
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Career
Member of the Abolitionist Society of Rio Grande do Sul. Cofounder of the Republican Club of Rio rrande do Sul (188S), and president f the same in 1889. Company-founder of the Feoublican Center of the Polytechnic c^hnol of Rio de Janeiro, and president „£ the same in 1889.
Company-founder of the Student Battalion of Rio de Janeiro, 1889 " engaged in railroad construction enterprises in the states of Sâo Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro, 18901895.
Director and engineer of the Comrianhia Abastecimento de Aguas of Pefotas Rio Grande do Sul, 1896-1906. State"deputy of Rio Grande do Sul, 1896— 1905.
Federal deputy from Rio Grande do Sul, 1906-1930. Member of various parliamentary committees.
President of the First Agricultural Congress of Rio Grande do Sul, 1908.
Minister of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce, 1919— 1922. Member of the General Staff of Senior Getuîio Vargas in his march from Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro, 1930.
President of the Liberal Alliance (which prepared the way for the revolutionary government of 1930).
Director of the Bank of Brazil, term of 1930-1935. Founder of the firm Simoes Lopes & Irmâo of Pelotas.
Membership
Engineering Club of Rio de Janeiro. National Agricultural Society (president). Friends of Alberto Torres Society (president).
Connections
Married Clara Sampaio Simoes Lopes. And latterly, Serafina Vieira de Castro Simoes Lopes. Children: Alvaro, Ildefonso, Luiz, Clara, Maritana, and Moéma.
