Raimundo da Silva Duprat
Raimundo da Silva Duprat | |
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| Mayor of São Paulo | |
| Preceded by | Antônio da Silva Prado |
| Succeeded by | Washington Luis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1863 |
| Died | 17 May 1926 |
Raymundo da Silva Duprat (11 December 1863 - São Paulo, 17 may 1926) was a Brazilian Politician. He served as a São Paulo city councillor and as acting Mayor of São Paulo under Antônio da Silva Prado's administration. He was also president of the São Paulo city Council.[1][2]
A descendant of French immigrants,[3] he was the nephew of commander Luís Armand Duprat and the nephew of Visount Carlos Eduardo Duprat. He lived in Recife, Río de Janeiro and in Santos. He moved to São Paulo at the beginning of his adulthood and in addition to his public performances, worked as an accountant, administrator and merchant and owned a printing press. He earned the title of "Baron of Duprat".
He was elected as councilor and later Mayor of Sao Paulo. His mandate as mayor was marked by an acccelaration of modernization and urbanization in the city of Sao Paulo.[4] The works that were most important out of his mandate were the construction of the Parque Trianon, the Santa Ifigenia Viaduct, and the urbanization of the Anhagabau Valley.
References
[edit]- ^ Apartes, Revista (2020-11-04). "Barão das grandes obras". Apartes Digital (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ^ Câmara Municipal de São Paulo. Câmara Municipal de São Paulo : 450 Anos de História (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Figueira Fernandes, Luana. "Rogério Duprat em Movimento" (PDF). docplayer.com.
- ^ Oliva, Jaime Tadeu (September–December 2016). "A produção do "olhar urbano" na primeira década do século XX, na cidade de São Paulo". Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (in Portuguese) (65): 252–259. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i65p252-259. ISSN 0020-3874.