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Nilo Procpio Peanha was a Brazilian politician. He was Governor of Rio de Janeiro State , then elected VicePresident of Brazil in 1906. He assumed the presidency in 1909 following the death of President Afonso Pena and served until 1910. He was disputably the only mulatto president of Brazil.

Nilo Peanha was born to Sebastio de Sousa Peanha, a baker, and Joaquina Anlia de S Freire, the descendent of a wealthy and noble family from northern Rio de Janeiro Province. He was one of seven siblings . His family lived in a state of poverty in the remote and poor neighborhood of Morro do Coco, Campos dos Goytacazes, and moved to the downtown area when Peanha started elementary education.

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