Background
NEVES DA FONTOURA, Joao was born on November 16, 1887 in Cachoeira, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
NEVES DA FONTOURA, Joao was born on November 16, 1887 in Cachoeira, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Educated Ginásio Nossa Senhora da Conceiqáo (Sao Leopoldo). Bachelor of Laws, law school, University de Porto Alegre, 1910.
Mayor of Cachoeira, 1925-1928. Vice-president of state, 1928-1930. Federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul and leader of Alianga Liberal in chamber, 1928-1930, minority leader in chamber, 1935-1937.
Ministers, Havana, 1940. Ambassador on special mission to Cuba and Panama, 1940. Editor, Rio Grande, Cachoeira.
Brazilian ambassador to Portugal, 1943-1945. Legal consultant, Banco do Brasil. Minister of foreign affairs, 1946.
Chief of Brazilian delegation, Paris peace conference, 1946, Pan American Conference, Bogotá, 1948. Profissional, 1909; A Jornada liberal, 2 vols., 1931. Por Sao Paulo e pelo Brasil, 1932.
Acuso, 1933; A Voz das oposigoes brasileiras, 1935. O Estado de guerra e as imunidades parlamentares, 1936. Elogio de Coelho Neto, 1937.
Dois perfís, 1938; Pareceres jurídicos, 2 vols., 1942.
Member Brazilian delegation to Pan American Conference of Foreign Ministers, Havana, 1940. Member: Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Academy Brasileira de Letras. Member, Academy Riograndense de Letras.