Cândido José de Araújo Viana, Marquis of Sapucaí

Cândido José de Araújo Viana, Marquis of Sapucaí studied at University of Coimbra. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Positions recorded include deputy of the General Assembly of Brazil and provincial president of Brazil. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the Tower and Sword, Order of the Southern Cross, Legion of Honour and Order of Saint Januarius.

• Name — Marquis of Sapucaí • Office1 — Minister of Justice • Monarch1 — Pedro II • Term Start1 — 14 May 1833 • Term End1 — 4 June 1833 • Predecessor1 — Honório Carneiro Leão • Successor1 — Aureliano Coutinho • Born — 15 September 1793 • Birthplace — Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Colonial Brazil • Died — 23 January 1875 • Place of death — Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil • Spouse — Ana Efigênia Vieira de Ramalho Cândido José de Araújo Viana, Marquis of Sapucaí (Nova Lima, 15 September 1793 — Rio de Janeiro, 23 January 1875) was a Brazilian politician and judge.

He was at various times Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice, Councillor of State, deputy, Provincial President and a Senator from 1840 to 1875, elected from Minas Gerais. He was President of the Senate 1851–1853. He went to school in his native country, then went to the University of Coimbra in 1815. After graduating in law in 1821, he became a member of the Constituent Assembly in 1823 and then of the Chamber of Deputies representing Minas Gerais for three terms. He was appointed President of first Alagoas (1826) and then Maranhão provinces (1828). He was Crown Prosecutor, minister of the Supreme Court of Justice (1849), Finance Minister and an exceptional member of the Council of State from the time of its creation. As Minister of Imperial Affairs in the second conservative cabinet (1841-1843), he steered through the law which accorded senators the title “Your Excellency.”

In 1839 he was appointed tutor in Literature and Positive Sciences to Crown Prince Pedro; later he was also placed in charge of the education of the Princess Imperial. He was also vice-president of the Society for the Support of National Industry and Honorary Grand Master of the Grande Oriente do Brasil. He served on the founding board of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute and was its president from 1847 to 1875.