Manuel Teixeira Gomes

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7th President of Portugal
Manuel Teixeira Gomes

In office October 6, 1923 – December 11, 1925
Preceded by	António José de Almeida
Succeeded by	Bernardino Machado

Born	May 27, 1862(1862-05-27) Vila Nova de Portimão, Kingdom of Algarve, United Kingdom of Portugal and Algarves
Died	October 18, 1941 (aged 79) Bougie, French Algeria
Political party	Independent (Democratic Party)
Spouse	Not married
Occupation	Writer, Diplomat and Land owner
Nickname(s)	Presidente-escritor (President-writer)

Manuel Teixeira Gomes, GCSE (pronounced [mɐnuˈɛɫ tɐiˈʃɐiɾɐ ˈgomɨʃ]; May 27, 1860 - October 18, 1941) was a Portuguese political figure. He served as the president of Portugal between 5 October 1923 and 11 December 1925. Born in the region of the Algarve, he never finished studying medicine at the University of Coimbra, but become famous as one of the best Portuguese writers in the naturalist style. His best known novel is "Maria Adelaide". An independent republican, he was chosen to be the moderate Liberal Republican Party candidate, in the 1923 presidential elections, then held in the Congress of the Republic. He defeated former President Bernardino Machado, who was the Portuguese Republican Party candidate. He had to resign due to the strong campaign of defamation that Prime Minister António Maria da Silva led against him.

Official portrait of President Teixeira Gomes by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro.

He latter moved to Bougie, Algeria, where he lived the rest of his life, never returning again to Portugal, and always opposing the fascist New State regime.

Preceded by António José de Almeida	President of Portugal 1923–1925	Succeeded by Bernardino Machado

v • d • e Presidents of Portugal

First Republic	Manuel de Arriaga · Teófilo Braga · Bernardino Machado · Sidónio Pais · Canto e Castro · António José de Almeida · Teixeira Gomes · Bernardino Machado

Second Republic	Mendes Cabeçadas · Gomes da Costa · Óscar Carmona · Oliveira Salazar · Craveiro Lopes · Américo Thomaz

Third Republic	National Salvation Junta · António de Spínola · Costa Gomes · Ramalho Eanes · Mário Soares · Jorge Sampaio · Cavaco Silva

Persondata
NAME	Teixeira Gomes, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	President of Portugal
DATE OF BIRTH	May 27, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vila Nova de Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
DATE OF DEATH	October 18, 1941
PLACE OF DEATH	Béjaïa, Algeria