Carlos Luz

Carlos Luz
19th President of Brazil
In office 8 November 1955 – 11 November 1955
Vice President	None
Preceded by	Café Filho
Succeeded by	Nereu Ramos
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 2 February 1955 – 8 November 1955
President	Café Filho
Preceded by	Nereu Ramos
Succeeded by	José Flores da Cunha
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Minas Gerais
In office 2 October 1946 – 9 February 1961
Preceded by	Title jointly held
Succeeded by	Title jointly held
Minister of Justice and Interior Affairs
In office 31 January 1946 – 2 October 1946
President	Gaspar Dutra
Preceded by	Antônio Dória
Succeeded by	Benedito Costa Neto
Personal details
Born	(1894-08-04)4 August 1894 Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	9 February 1961(1961-02-09) (aged 66) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party	Social Democratic Party – PSD

Carlos Coimbra da Luz (Portuguese: [ˈkaɾlus koˈĩbrɐ da ˈlus]; 1894–1961) was a Brazilian politician.

After the political crisis following the Getúlio Vargas suicide in 1954, Carlos Luz was the second of three presidents that ruled Brazil in a brief period of 16 months. At the time of President Café Filho's alleged illness he was the president of the Chamber of Deputies, and so the next in the line of succession to the Presidency, since Café Filho had been the Vice President under Vargas. Luz headed the government only three days in November 1955 and was deposed by the Minister of Defense Teixeira Lott over his fear that Luz may support a plot to prevent President-elect Juscelino Kubitschek from taking office.

As of 2014, Luz remains the shortest-serving President of Brazil.