João Chagas

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João Chagas

Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry)
Order:	56th (2nd of the Republic)
Term of Office	September 4, 1911 - November 13, 1911
Predecessor:	António Teixeira de Sousa (effective) Teófilo Braga (interim, as President of the Provisional Government)
Successor:	Augusto de Vasconcelos
Date of Birth	September 1, 1863
Place of Birth:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Death	May 28, 1925
Place of Death:	Estoril
Occupation:	Newspaper editor, journalist and diplomat
Political Party:	Republican

João Pinheiro Chagas (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1 September 1863 - Estoril, 28 May 1925), pron. IPA: [ʒu'ɐ̃ũ pi'ɲɐiɾu 'ʃagɐʃ], was a Portuguese journalist and politician. He was born in Brazil, from Portuguese parents, who soon moved back to Portugal. He was an editor at the newspapers "O Primeiro de Janeiro", "Correio do Norte", "O Tempo" and "O Dia". After becoming a republican, he also founded the "República Portuguesa" and was the director of "O País" (1898). The monarchist government reaction to the British Ultimatum, in January 1890, that forced Portugal to renounce to all the claims of the territories between Angola and Mozambique, made him a fierce republican, one of the most anti-monarchy journalists and propagandists. After the proclamation of the republic, on 5 October 1910, he was appointed minister in Paris, and, the following year, after the enf of the term of the Provisional Government, he was chosen to lead the first Constitutional Government of the Portuguese First Republic that was in power, for only two months, from 4 September to 13 November 1911. That would be a sad prelude to the political unstabillity of the 1st Republic. On 17 May 1915, he was appointed again President of the Ministry (Prime Minister), but didn't took office. He stayed in the diplomatic activity, until his retirement, in 1923.

Preceded by António Teixeira de Sousa (effective) Teófilo Braga (interim, as President of the Provisional Government)	Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1911	Succeeded by Augusto de Vasconcelos
Preceded by Constitutional Junta: José Norton de Matos António Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro Xavier de Castro	Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) but didn't take office 1915	Succeeded by José de Castro

Prime Ministers of Portugal during the First Republic (1910-1926)

Teófilo Braga - João Chagas - Augusto de Vasconcelos - Duarte Leite - Afonso Costa - Bernardino Machado - Azevedo Coutinho - Pimenta de Castro - Constitutional Junta - João Chagas (2nd; didn't take office) - José de Castro - Afonso Costa (2nd) - António José de Almeida - Afonso Costa (3rd) - Sidónio Pais - Canto e Castro - Tamagnini Barbosa - José Relvas - Domingos Pereira - Sá Cardoso - Fernandes Costa (didn't take office) - Sá Cardoso (reconducted) - Domingos Pereira (2nd) - António Maria Baptista - Ramos Preto - António Maria da Silva - António Granjo - Álvaro de Castro - Liberato Pinto - Bernardino Machado (2nd) - Barros Queirós - António Granjo (2nd) - Manuel Maria Coelho - Maia Pinto - Cunha Leal - António Maria da Silva (2nd) - Ginestal Machado - Álvaro de Castro (2nd) - Rodrigues Gaspar - Domingues dos Santos - Vitorino Guimarães - António Maria da Silva (3rd) - Domingos Pereira (3rd) - António Maria da Silva (4th)