Count António Teixeira de Sousa | |
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Minister for the Navy and Overseas | |
In office June 25, 1900 – February 28, 1903 |
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Monarch | Carlos I |
Prime Minister | Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro |
Preceded by | Barros Gomes |
Succeeded by | Manuel Rafael Gorjão |
Minister for Finances | |
In office February 28, 1903 – October 20, 1904 |
|
Monarch | Carlos I |
Prime Minister | Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro |
Preceded by | Fernando Matoso dos Santos |
Succeeded by | Manuel Afonso Espregueira |
Minister for Finances | |
In office March 21, 1906 – May 19, 1906 |
|
Monarch | Carlos I |
Prime Minister | Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro |
Preceded by | José de Franco Frazão |
Succeeded by | Ernesto Driesel Schroeter |
54th Prime Minister of Portugal | |
In office June 26, 1910 – October 5, 1910 |
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Monarch | Manuel II of Portugal |
Preceded by | Francisco da Veiga Beirão |
Succeeded by | Teófilo Braga (as President of the Provisional Government of the Portuguese Republic) |
Personal details | |
Born | May 5, 1857 Celeirós, Sabrosa, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | June 5, 1917 Celeirós, Sabrosa, Portuguese Republic |
Political party | Regenerator Party |
Occupation | Medical doctor Thermae doctor Writer |
António Teixeira de Sousa, 2nd Count of Sousa Palmela (Celeirós, Sabrosa, 5 May 1857 - Celeirós, Sabrosa, 5 June 1917; Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ dɨ ˈsowzɐ]) was a Portuguese medical doctor and politician during the Constitutional Monarchy. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Porto, in 1883. A member of the conservative Regenerator Party, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies, in 1889. He was later minister of the Navy and Overseas (1900–1903), and, twice, of Finance (1903–1904, 1906). He became President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) on 26 June 1910, and would be the last Prime Minister of the Constitutional Monarchy as King D. Manuel II was overthrowned by a republican revolution on October 5, 1910. He left politics after the republic proclamation, but showed a moderate support for the new regime.
Preceded by Francisco da Veiga Beirão |
Prime Minister of Portugal 1910 |
Succeeded by Teófilo Braga (interim, as President of the Provisional Government) João Chagas (effective) |