Mangabeira

Mangabeira was the brother of medical doctor and poet , and politician . He was admitted to law school at 13 years of age, and despite belonging to a large family without financial resources, he managed to complete his course by the age of 17. He then began practicing law in , . According to Federal jurist and politician :

Shortly after he became a congressman as a State Deputy and then as a Federal Deputy. He became a close associate of . In 1923, when Barbosa died, Mangabeira gave a speech in his honor. On the centenary of the birth of Barbosa in 1949, Mangabeira was the speaker of the House of Representatives.

Mangabeira’s career included defending . As deputy for the of 1934, and his opposition to the Estado Novo dictatorship () landed Mangabeira in prison for 15 months. “I’d rather get in jail by this dictatorship, than be free, agreeing with it,” he said in 1936.

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