Background
PENA JUNIOR, Afonso was born on December 25, 1879 in Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
PENA JUNIOR, Afonso was born on December 25, 1879 in Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Educated Colégio de Caraga. Bachelor of Laws, University de Minas Gerais, 1902.
Professor., law school, University de Minas Gerais. State secretary of interior. Federal deputy; minister of justice and interior.
Director, Banco do Brasil, 1930-1931. President, exec, committee, Partido Republicano Mineiro. President, Aliança Liberal, 1930-1931.
Judge, superior electoral court. President, University do Distrito Federal. Practicing lawyer in Rio de Janeiro.
Vice-president, Banco Hipotecário e Agricola do Estado de Minas Gerais. President, Equitativa Terrestres, Acidentes e Transportes South America. Professor, of civil law, University Católica.
Member commission of intellectual co-operation, ministry of foreign affairs. Member: Academy Brasileira de Letras, Associaçâo Bancária do Rio de Janeiro (ex-president), Academy Mineira de Letras, Society Brasileira de Cultura Inglêsa (près.).