Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves

{{Short description|President of Brazil from 1902 to 1906}}

{{redirect|Rodrigues Alves|other uses|Rodrigues Alves (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Rodrigues Alves

| nationality = Brazilian

| image = Rodrigues Alves 3.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 1902

| term_start = 15 November 1902

| term_end = 15 November 1906

| predecessor = Campos Sales

| successor = Afonso Pena

| term1 = 1 March 1918

| term_label1 = Election

| predecessor1 = Venceslau Brás

| successor1 = Epitácio Pessoa

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| office2 = President of São Paulo

| term_start2 = 1 May 1912

| term_end2 = 1 May 1916

| vicepresident2 = Pereira Guimarães

| predecessor2 = Albuquerque Lins

| successor2 = Altino Arantes

| term_start3 = 1 May 1900

| term_end3 = 13 February 1902

| vicepresident3 = Domingos de Morais

| predecessor3 = Fernando Prestes

| successor3 = Domingos de Morais

| term_start4 = 19 November 1887

| term_end4 = 27 April 1888

| vicepresident4 =

| predecessor4 = Count of Parnaíba

| successor4 = Dutra Rodrigues

| office5 = Minister of Finance

| term_start5 = 15 November 1894

| term_end5 = 20 November 1896

| president5 = Prudente de Morais

| predecessor5 = Felisbelo Freire

| successor5 = Bernardino de Campos

| term_start6 = 26 November 1891

| term_end6 = 31 August 1892

| president6 = Floriano Peixoto

| predecessor6 = Antão Gonçalves de Faria

| successor6 = Serzedelo Correia

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| subterm1 = 1916–1918

| suboffice1 = Senator

| subterm2 = 1897–1900

| suboffice2 = Senator

| subterm3 = 1893–1894

| suboffice3 = Senator

| subterm4 = 1887–1888

| suboffice4 = General Deputy

| subterm5 = 1878–1879

| suboffice5 = Provincial Deputy

| subterm6 = 1872–1875

| suboffice6 = Provincial Deputy

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1848|7|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1919|1|16|1848|7|7|df=y}}

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil

| spouse = Ana Guilhermina Borges

| party = Conservative (before 1889)
PRP (1889–1919)

| profession = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}}

| order = 5th

| office = President of Brazil

| office1 = President-elect of Brazil

| vicepresident = Silviano Brandão {{awrap|(elect)}}
None {{awrap|(1902–1903)}}
Afonso Pena {{awrap|(1903–1906)}}

| vicepresident1 = Delfim Moreira

| signature = Rodrigues Alves signature.jpg

| footnotes =

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Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, PC ({{IPA|pt|fɾɐ̃ˈsisku dʒi ˈpawlɐ ʁoˈdɾiɡiz ˈawvis}}; 7 July 1848 – 16 January 1919) was a Brazilian politician who first served as president of the Province of São Paulo in 1887, then as Treasury minister in the 1890s. Rodrigues Alves was elected the fifth president of Brazil in 1902 and served until 1906.

During this term he remodeled the then Brazilian capital, Rio de Janeiro, an effort punctuated by the 1904 "Vaccine Revolt". He was elected president for a second term in 1918, but died in the influenza pandemic before assuming power, on 16 January 1919. He was succeeded by his vice-president, Delfim Moreira.