Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (born 1869)

General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, better known as Tasso Fragoso was a Brazilian soldier, judge of the Superior Military Tribunal and writer. During the Revolution of 1930 he was president of the Provisional Government Board of 1930, which ruled Brazil from 24 October to 3 November, between the deposition of President Washington Luis and the inauguration of Getúlio Vargas.

The president of Brazil, officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil or simply the President of the Republic, is the head of state and head of government of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces.