José Relvas

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José Relvas
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
27 January 1919 – 30 March 1919
PresidentJoão do Canto e Castro
Preceded byJoão Tamagnini Barbosa
Succeeded byDomingos Pereira
Minister of the Interior
In office
27 January 1919 – 30 March 1919
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJoão Tamagnini Barbosa
Succeeded byDomingos Pereira
Ambassador of Portugal to Spain
In office
19 October 1911 – 13 January 1914
Nominated byManuel de Arriaga
Preceded byAugusto de Vasconcelos
Succeeded byAugusto de Vasconcelos
Minister of Finance
In office
12 October 1910 – 3 September 1911
Prime MinisterProvisional Government
Preceded byAnselmo de Andrade
Succeeded byDuarte Leite
Personal details
Born(1858-03-05)5 March 1858
Land owner
Signature

José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas de Campos (Golegã, Golegã, 5 March 1858 – Alpiarça, Casa dos Patudos, 31 October 1929; Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɛlvɐʃ], was a Portuguese politician and 70th Prime Minister of Portugal.

Personal life

Jose was married to Eugénia de Loureiro Queirós Couto Leitão. He had three children: Carlos, João and Maria Luísa.

Political career

José Relvas, standing amongst others, is speaking, proclaiming the Republic from a stone balcony
José Relvas proclaims the Republic from the balcony of the City Hall

An historic

Municipal Chamber of Lisbon, on 5 October 1910. He was the second Minister of Finance during the provisional government led by Teófilo Braga
, from 12 October 1910 to 3 September 1911.

After that, he served as

Portuguese First Republic.[1] His house in Alpiarça is now a museum, the Casa dos Patudos, where his art collection is exhibited, which consists of over 13,000 glass negatives.[2]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Prime Minister of Portugal

(President of the Ministry)

1919
Succeeded by
Domingos Leite Pereira