Luís Teotónio Pereira

Luís Teotónio Pereira (March 17, 1895 February 13, 1990) was a Portuguese politician and diplomat. He was born in Lisbon, Sagrado Coração de Jesus.

Background

He was a son of João Teotónio Pereira, Jr. (Lisbon, 1869 - Lisbon, São Domingos de Benfica, 1948), Administrator of the Companhia de Seguros Fidelidade, and wife Virgínia Hermann von Boetischer (Lisbon, Santa Engrácia, 1871 - Lisbon, 1969), paternal grandson of João Teotónio Pereira (1832–1916) and wife Clara Sobral (1840 - Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Fornos, 1910) and maternal grandson of Maximilian August Hermann von Boetischer, an Engineer, linked to the installation of the telephones in Portugal, and wife Maria José da Silva. His younger brother Pedro Teotónio Pereira was also a Politician and a Diplomat.

Career

He was a Deputy to the Assembleia Nacional, a Procurator to the Corporative Chamber and a Mayor of the Municipal Chamber of Almada during the Estado Novo and the government of António de Oliveira Salazar, like his father Administrator of the Companhia de Seguros Fidelidade, President of the Grémio de Exportadores de Vinhos e dos Exportadores de Azeite, Grand Officer of the Order of the Industrial Merit.[1]

Marriage and children

He married at the Estrela Basilica in Lisbon on December 17, 1919 Alice de Azevedo Gomes de Bettencourt (Angra do Heroísmo, Sé Catedral, December 31, 1895 Lisbon, Lapa, June 11, 1957), Diplomed with the Course of Painting (Watercolor painting) with Roque Gameiro, daughter of Severiano de Bettencourt and wife Maria Adelaide de Ávila Gomes, and had issue, six children.

References

  1. Costados, Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 118

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