Marechal Floriano statue

Floriano Vieira de Araújo Peixoto (Portuguese pronunciation: [flori'ɐ̃nu vi'ejrɐ de ara'uʒu pej'ʃotu]), April 30, 1839, Maceió, Brazil — July 29, 1895, Rio de Janeiro; born in Ipioca (today a district of the city of Maceió in the State of Alagoas), was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the War of the Triple Alliance, and the second President of Brazil.