Background
ARRUDA, Joao Ponce de was born on July 27, 1904 in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
ARRUDA, Joao Ponce de was born on July 27, 1904 in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Educated Licéu Cuiabano, 1916-1921. Civil Engineer, University do Brasil, 1928.
Director of public works. Director of land, mines, and colonization. Mayor of Cuiabá; state deputy.
State secretary of agriculture, Mato Grosso. Secretary of industry. Secretary of commerce.
Secretary of transportation and public works. State secretary general. President, state board of municipal administration, regional geography board, regional board of statistics, gasoline rationing board.
Director, department, of civilian defense.
Member state board of maintenance. Member: Aero-Clube de Mato Grosso (president), Institute Histórico-Geográfico de Mato Grosso.