João Cabanas

João Cabanas (29 June 1895 — 27 January 1974) was a Brazilian military officer in the São Paulo State Public Force, currently the São Paulo State Military Police. Cabanas graduated from the São Paulo Public Force Officer School and also graduated with a bachelor's degree of law from the São Paulo Law School.

Biography Cabanas was born on 29 June 1895 in São Paulo. His parents, Arthur and Balbina Cabañas were Spanish immigrants in Brazil. He began his studies in the Ginásio Pernambucano in Recife and after returning to São Paulo he joined the Law School and the São Paulo Public Force Officer School.

In 1935, he was one of the articulators of the Aliança Nacional Libertadora (ANL).

In the late 1940s he participated in the campaign that advocated for the state oil monopoly and the creation of Petrobrás, the so-called O Petróleo é Nosso (The oil is ours) campaign.

He supported Getúlio Vargas' run for the presidency in the 1950 general elections. That same year, he ran for a seat in the Federal Chamber of Deputies, in São Paulo, by the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), where he got a substitute position, only assuming a federal deputy term in April 1953 and August 1954.