Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo

Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo (5 January 1791 - 16 August 1851) was a Brazilian landowner, nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Brazil.

Biography Son of Antônio José de Sousa and Gertrudes Solidônia de Cerqueira. Uncle of Senator Francisco Antônio de Sousa Queirós. In 1819 he married Maria de Barros Leite, his cousin, daughter of captain Antônio de Barros Penteado and Maria de Paula Machado. He was later a member of the 1823 Brazilian Constituent Assembly from May 3 to November 12, 1823. He was a deputy general in the first three legislatures (8 May 1826 to 3 September 1829 and from 3 May 1830 to 5 October 1833), and President of the Chamber of Deputies (from 4 May to 2 June 1827). He was a senator for the Province of São Paulo (from August 1833 to 1854)

He died on August 16, 1851. He was buried in the Cemetery of Catumbi in Rio de Janeiro.