Afonso Costa
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Minister for Justice
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| In office October 5, 1910 – September 3, 1911 |
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| Prime Minister | Teófilo Braga (as President of the Provisional Government) |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Joaquim Fratel |
| Succeeded by | Diogo Tavares |
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| In office January 9, 1913 – February 9, 1914 |
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| President | Manuel de Arriaga |
| Preceded by | Duarte Leite |
| Succeeded by | Bernardino Machado |
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Minister for Finances
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| In office January 9, 1913 – February 9, 1914 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | António Vicente Ferreira |
| Succeeded by | Tomás António da Guarda Cabreira |
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| In office November 29, 1915 – March 15, 1916 |
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| President | Bernardino Machado |
| Preceded by | José de Castro |
| Succeeded by | António José de Almeida |
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| In office April 25, 1917 – December 11, 1917 |
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| President | Bernardino Machado |
| Preceded by | António José de Almeida |
| Succeeded by | Sidónio Pais |
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Minister for Finances
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| In office November 29, 1915 – December 11, 1917 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself (November 29, 1915–March 15, 1916) António José de Almeida (March 15, 1916–April 25, 1917) Himself (April 25, 1916–December 11, 1917) |
| Preceded by | Vitorino Guimarães |
| Succeeded by | António dos Santos Viegas |
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Minister for War
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| In office May 10, 1917 – July 5, 1917 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | José Norton de Matos |
| Succeeded by | José Norton de Matos |
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| Born | March 6, 1871.svg/22px-Flag_Portugal_(1830).svg.png){kind=small} Seia, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | May 11, 1937 (aged 66) Paris, France |
| Political party | Portuguese Republican Party (later Democratic Party) |
| Spouse | Alzira Coelho de Campos de Barros Abreu |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Lecturer and professor of law and diplomat |
| Religion | Atheist |
| 1 José Norton de Matos served as interim Prime Minister from October 7, 1917–October 25, 1917 and from November 17, 1917–December 8, 1917. | |
Afonso Augusto da Costa, GCTE, GCL (pronounced [ɐˈfõsu ˈkɔʃtɐ]; Seia, March 6, 1871–Paris, May 11, 1937) was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and republican politician.
He was the leader of the Portuguese Republican Party, and was one of the major figures of the Portuguese First Republic. He was a republican deputy at the Chamber of Deputies, during the last years of the Monarchy. After the proclamation of the republic, he was Justice Minister, during Teófilo Braga's Provisional Government (5 October 1910 - 3 September 1911). He signed the controversial laws that expelled the Jesuits from Portugal and extinguished all the religious orders, and the Law of the Separation of the Church and the State. He became a symbol of the religious anticlericalism of the I Republic. He so have publish many others republican laws like the law of divorce, the family law, the law of civil register, the lease law, the law of the judicial reorganization, the law of the industrial accidents and law of the press. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal three times. The first time, he was called by President Manuel de Arriaga to form the government, as the leader of the Republican Democratic Party.
He was President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) and Finance Minister for a year (January 9, 1913-February 9, 1914), and was responsible for the first stabilization of the Portuguese economy since the first liberal days.[1] He returned to office, as President of the Ministry and Finance Minister, from 29 November 1915 to March 16, 1916. He was again President of the Ministry, from April 25, 1917 to December 8, 1917, in a national unity government independent, named the Sacred Union, to support Portugal's entrance in World War I. After Sidónio Pais' military coup d`état, in December 1917, he went to exile in Paris, and never returned again to live permanently in Portugal.
He was invited other times, during the First Republic, to become Head of Government, but always refused. After the 28 May coup d'état, he strongly opposed the Military Dictatorship and the Estado Novo (New State) regime. He died in Paris on May 11, 1937.
| Preceded by Duarte Leite |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1913–1914 |
Succeeded by Bernardino Machado |
| Preceded by José de Castro |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1915–1916 |
Succeeded by António José de Almeida |
| Preceded by António José de Almeida |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1917 |
Succeeded by Sidónio Pais |
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[edit] References
- ^ "The great achievement of the Costa ministry was to balance the budget for 1913-1914, the first time that this had happened in nearly a century." The Portuguese Parliamentary Republic, 1910-1926, by Stanley G. Payne, Chapter 23 of A History of Spain and Portugal, Volume 2
