<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The history of Brasília, the centrally located capital of Brazil, started with discussions in the eighteenth century . The name Brasília was first proposed in 1822, but construction only began in 1956, following the election of Juscelino Kubitschek as President of Brazil . Its official declaration as a city dates to 21 . April 1960, and the process of moving the federal government offices started on that date . </P> <P> President Juscelino Kubitschek ordered the construction of Brasília, fulfilling an article of the country's constitution dating back to 1891 stating that the capital should be moved from Rio de Janeiro to a place close to the center of the country . The building of the new capital also fulfilled a campaign promise of Kubitschek . The plan was originally conceived in 1827 by José Bonifacio, an advisor to Emperor Pedro I, who presented a plan to the General Assembly for a new city called Brasilia with the initial idea of moving the capital further westward from the already heavily populated southeastern corridor . The bill was not enacted because Emperor Pedro I dissolved the Assembly . </P>

Which brazilian president ordered the construction of brasilia