António Teixeira de Sousa
António Teixeira de Sousa, 2nd Count of Sousa Palmela (5 May 1857 in Celeirós, Sabrosa – 5 June 1917 in Celeirós, Sabrosa; 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 overthrown by a republican revolution on 5 October 1910. He left politics after the republic proclamation, but showed a moderate support for the new regime.
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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) |
Count António Teixeira de Sousa | |
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Minister for the Navy and Overseas | |
In office 25 June 1900 – 28 February 1903 | |
Monarch | Carlos I |
Prime Minister | Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro |
Preceded by | Barros Gomes |
Succeeded by | Manuel Rafael Gorjão |
Minister for Finances | |
In office 28 February 1903 – 20 October 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 21 March 1906 – 19 May 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 26 June 1910 – 5 October 1910 | |
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 | Celeirós, Sabrosa, Kingdom of Portugal | 5 May 1857
Died | 5 June 1917 60) Celeirós, Sabrosa, Portuguese Republic | (aged
Political party | Regenerator Party |
Occupation | Medical doctor Thermae doctor Writer |