Domingos Malaquias de Aguiar Pires Ferreira

Domingos Malaquias de Aguiar Pires Ferreira, 1st Baron of Cimbres (1788–1859) was a Brazilian businessman, revolutionary and politician. He was part of the Pernambucan revolution, serving as a translator for the ambassador of the Provisional Government of the Republic in the United States. Later, he partook on several political roles during the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and the Empire of Brazil.

Early life

Domingos Malaquias was born in Recife, 3 November 1788, son of José Estevão de Aguiar and Maria do Sacramento Pires Ferreira. He had two siblings, being the oldest.

Domingos has studied humanities at the Seminar of Olinda. On 1 October 1807, he enrolled at the University of Coimbra to study mathematics, but his studies were disrupted by the Invasion of Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars.

Pernambucan Revolution

Back in Brazil, Domingos has worked as a farmer in Engenho Macaú. In 1816, he became a Stevedoring Administrator at the Pernambuco Customs. There, he served as a secretary and translator. They arrived in Boston on 15 May, during the Presidency of James Madison, and merchants sent ships with provisions and ammunition to the revolutionaries.

After the failure of the revolution, he had lived in the United States for a while and then moved to Paris, where he has graduated in Natural Sciences. He had moved to the Province of Rio de Janeiro and was named Director of Troco do Papel Moeda. From 1842 to 1848, he served as vice-president of the province of Pernambuco. He briefly served as president from 17 June to 15 July 1848.

In 1830, Domingos was robbed by a group of quilombolas.

Domingos died in Recife, 10 December 1859, and left an inheritance consisted of several houses, slaves, gold and interest of the engenho Algodoais.

The Conselheiro Aguiar Avenue, on Bela Vista, Recife, was named in his homage.