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4 unusual facts about Antônio de Barros Carvalho


Antônio de Barros Carvalho

Antônio de Barros Carvalho, better known as Barros Carvalho (Palmares, February 12, 1899 - Recife, September 3, 1966) was a landowner and Brazilian politician.

A landowner in Palmares, he was an Inspector of consumption tax in Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and later a Superintendent Inspector of federal taxation.

At a later stage, he contributed as a journalist to the daily newspapers Estado de Minas and Diário de São Paulo.

He was the uncle of Marcos Freire, who was Senator for Pernambuco between 1975 and 1983, Chairman of the Caixa Economica Federal Federal Savings Bank and Minister of Agrarian Reform, as well as the great-uncle of Luis Freire, who was Federal Deputy for Pernambuco in 1987 to 1988 and mayor of Olinda from 1989 to 1992.



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