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Duarte Leite

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Duarte Leite
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
16 June 1912 – 9 January 1913
PresidentManuel de Arriaga
Preceded byAugusto de Vasconcelos
Succeeded byAfonso Costa
Ambassador of Portugal to Brazil
In office
7 December 1912 – 1 May 1931
Nominated byManuel de Arriaga
Preceded byBernardino Machado
Succeeded byMartinho Nobre de Melo
Minister of the Interior
In office
16 June 1912 – 9 January 1913
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded bySilvestre Falcão
Succeeded byRodrigo Rodrigues
Minister of Finance
In office
4 September 1911 – 12 November 1911
Prime MinisterJoão Chagas
Preceded byJosé Relvas
Succeeded bySidónio Pais
Personal details
Born(1864-08-11)11 August 1864
Porto, Portugal
Died29 September 1950(1950-09-29) (aged 86)
Porto, Portugal
Political partyPortuguese Republican (1897–1911)
Independent (1911–1950)
SpouseMaria Eulália Falcão
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra

Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva, GCC (11 August 1864 in Porto – 29 September 1950 in Porto; Portuguese pronunciation: [duˈaɾtɨ ˈlɐjtɨ]), was a Portuguese historian, mathematician, journalist, diplomat and politician. He graduated in Mathematics at the University of Coimbra, in 1885. He taught at the Politecnic Academy of Porto, from 1886 to 1911. Meanwhile, he was also the director of the newspaper diary "A Pátria". As a historian, he published many studies, later compiled in "História dos Descobrimentos" (History of the Discoveries), in 2 volumes.

Political career

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After the overthrow of the Portuguese monarchy in 1910, he was Minister of Finance during the first Augusto de Vasconcelos government (1911),[1] and succeeded him, as Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs, from 16 June 1912 to 9 January 1913.[2][1]

From 1914 to 1931 he served as Portuguese ambassador to Brazil.[3] He was a candidate to the Presidency of the Republic in the elections held in the Congress of the Republic, in 1925.[4] Faithful all his life to his left-wing republican principles, he became a member of the 1945–48 Movement of Democratic Unity, which during its brief lifespan functioned as the first form of legalized opposition to Salazar's far-right Estado Novo (New State) regimen.

References

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  1. ^ a b Arriaga, Manuel de (1916). Na primeira presidencia da republica portugueza: um rapido relatorio (in Brazilian Portuguese). A Editora l. da. p. 292. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Governo de Portugal". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Brasil - Titulares". portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Eleição do Presidente da República Bernardino Machado, em 11 de Dezembro de 1925". ahpweb.parlamento.pt. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
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Preceded by Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Ministry)
1912–1913 		Succeeded by


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