Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (Portuguese pronunciation: ['?ulju 'p??st?iz d?i awbu'k??ki];
March 15, 1882 – February 9, 1946) was a Brazilian poet, lawyer and politician.
He was the last elected President of Brazil of the period known as República Velha, but never took office because the government was overthrown in the Revolution of 1930.
Júlio Prestes was the only politician who was elected President of Brazil to be impeded of taking office.
He was the last person born in São Paulo to be elected President of Brazil until the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018.
On June 23, 1930 he became the second Brazilian person to be covered on the Time magazine.