Tristão de Alencar, later Araripe, (October 7, 1821, Ceará – July 3, 1908, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian judge and government minister.

[1][2] He was the grandson of Bárbara de Alencar, an important revolutionary leader during the revolutionary movements of 1817.

He served as Minister of Finance in 1891.

[3] One of his sons was the writer Araripe Júnior (1848-1911).

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