Nereu de Oliveira

Nereu de Oliveira Ramos

Nereu Ramos
Term of office:	November 11, 1955–January 31, 1956
Predecessor:	Carlos Coimbra da Luz
Successor:	Juscelino Kubitschek
Vice-President:	None
Date of birth:	September 3, 1888
Place of birth:	Lajes, Santa Catarina
Date of death:	June 16, 1958
Place of death:	São José dos Pinhais, Paraná
Party:	Social Democratic Party - PSD

Nereu de Oliveira Ramos (1889 - 1958) was a Brazilian political figure. Ramos was vice-president of the Republic between 1947 and 1951. Elected to the Federal Senate as a representative from Santa Catarina state in 1954, he became the Senate's leader in the following year. By this stage President Getúlio Vargas had taken his own life. There followed a series of brief presidential reigns: Vargas's successor Café Filho soon stepped down because of poor health; and the leader of the Chamber of Deputies Carlos Luz was impeached after holding the presidency only two days. Ramos, who was the next in the line of succession, assumed the presidency on November 11, 1955 to complete Vargas's term. He served until January 31, 1956, whereupon Juscelino Kubitschek took the oath of presidential office.