Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
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| Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) |
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| Order: | 62nd (8th of the Republic) |
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| Term of Office | January 28, 1915 - May 14, 1915 |
| Predecessor: | Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho |
| Successor: | Constitutional Junta formed by: José Norton de Matos António Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro de Castro |
| Date of Birth | November 5, 1846 |
| Place of Birth: | Pires, Monção |
| Date of Death | May 14, 1918 |
| Place of Death: | Lisbon |
| Wife: | Emília de Freitas |
| Occupation: | Military officer (General) and mathematician |
| Political Party: | Independent |
General Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (Pires, Monção, 5 November 1846 - Lisbon, 14 May 1918), pron. IPA: [ʒuɐ'kĩ pi'mẽtɐ dɨ 'kaʃtɾu], was a Portuguese military officer and politician. He was a career military officer, also graduated in Mathematics by the University of Coimbra. In 1908, he was nominated commander of the 3rd Military Region, in Porto. After the proclamation of the Republic on October 5, 1910, he was Minister of War, for only two months, in 1911. He had to resign due to the monarchist incursion of Henrique de Paiva Couceiro. An independent, he was chosen by President Manuel de Arriaga to be the President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of a government, who would rule without the parliament, where the Portuguese Republican Party, lead by Afonso Costa had the majority. His government, with the support of the moderate Evolutionist Republican Party and the Republican Union, and also conservative military factions, was in office from 28 January to 14 May 1915. It was overthrown by the military movement of 14 May 1915, supported by the Republican Party, which also caused the resignation of President Manuel de Arriaga.
| Preceded by: Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1915 |
Succeeded by: Constitutional Junta: José Norton de Matos António Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro Xavier de Castro |
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