Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
Count Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho | |
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Prime Minister of Portugal | |
In office 12 December 1914 – 25 January 1915 | |
President | Manuel de Arriaga |
Preceded by | Bernardino Machado |
Succeeded by | Joaquim Pimenta de Castro |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 November 1871 Portuguese Macau |
Died | 27 June 1955 Lisbon, Portugal | (aged 83)
Political party | Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
Occupation | Naval officer (Captain) |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1888—1933 |
Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, 18th Count of Azevedo GCC, GCA (12 November 1871–27 June 1955), was a Portuguese naval officer, politician and professor, at the University of Coimbra and later the Escola Naval (Naval School).[1] He was a member of the Portuguese Democratic Party and served as the President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) for the 7th government of the First Portuguese Republic (having led the country between 12 December 1914 and 25 January 1915). His government's composition was essentially made up of second-line political figures, and his government was jokingly referred to as "Os miseráveis de Victor Hugo" ("The miserables of Victor Hugo"), a play on the French author Victor Hugo's book Les Misérables.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Review of culture (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau. 2013. p. 154.
- ^ Vieira, Anselmo (1926). A crise nacional (in Brazilian Portuguese). J. Rodrigues. p. 350.
- ^ Lopes, Fernando Farelo (1994). Poder político e caciquismo na 1a. República Portuguesa (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editorial Estampa. p. 49. ISBN 978-972-33-0946-1.
- 1871 births
- 1955 deaths
- Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians
- Foreign ministers of Portugal
- Governors-general of Mozambique
- Government ministers of Portugal
- Naval ministers of Portugal
- Portuguese expatriates in Mozambique
- Portuguese people of British descent
- Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Portugal (1910–1926)
- Prime ministers of Portugal
- People from the Portuguese Empire