Rui Barbosa (1849-1923) was a Brazilian jurist, writer, philologist, journalist, diplomat and politician who was a leading advocate for civil liberties and the abolition of slavery, and who helped shape Brazil's first republican constitution. He served as Minister of Finance from 1889 to 1891 and as a senator for Bahia from 1890 until his death, represented Brazil at the Second Hague Peace Conference, was a founding member and president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and was elected a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice shortly before he died in 1923.
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He also personally ordered the destruction of all government records pertaining to slavery while being Minister of Finance, as an effort to prevent previous slaveowners from receiving any sort of financial compensation.
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Rui Barbosa, was a Brazilian politician, writer, jurist, philologist, journalist and diplomat.
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Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira, also known as Rui Barbosa, was a Brazilian politician, writer, jurist, philologist, journalist and diplomat.
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