Joaquim Pimenta de Castro

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Joaquim Pimenta de Castro

Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry)
Order:	62nd (8th of the Republic)
Term of Office	January 28, 1915 - May 14, 1915
Predecessor:	Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
Successor:	Constitutional Junta formed by: José Norton de Matos António Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro de Castro
Date of Birth	November 5, 1846
Place of Birth:	Pires, Monção
Date of Death	May 14, 1918
Place of Death:	Lisbon
Wife:	Emília de Freitas
Occupation:	Military officer (General) and mathematician
Political Party:	Independent

General Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (Pires, Monção, 5 November 1846 - Lisbon, 14 May 1918), pron. IPA: [ʒuɐ'kĩ pi'mẽtɐ dɨ 'kaʃtɾu], was a Portuguese military officer and politician. He was a career military officer, also graduated in Mathematics by the University of Coimbra. In 1908, he was nominated commander of the 3rd Military Region, in Porto. After the proclamation of the Republic on October 5, 1910, he was Minister of War, for only two months, in 1911. He had to resign due to the monarchist incursion of Henrique de Paiva Couceiro. An independent, he was chosen by President Manuel de Arriaga to be the President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of a government, who would rule without the parliament, where the Portuguese Republican Party, lead by Afonso Costa had the majority. His government, with the support of the moderate Evolutionist Republican Party and the Republican Union, and also conservative military factions, was in office from 28 January to 14 May 1915. It was overthrown by the military movement of 14 May 1915, supported by the Republican Party, which also caused the resignation of President Manuel de Arriaga.

Preceded by Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho

Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1915

Succeeded by Constitutional Junta: José Norton de Matos António Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro Xavier 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)