Joaquim António de Aguiar
| Joaquim António de Aguiar | |
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| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
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In office 9 June 1841 – 7 February 1842 |
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| Monarch | Maria II and Fernando II |
| Preceded by | José Travassos Valdez |
| Succeeded by | Pedro de Sousa Holstein |
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In office 1 May 1860 – 4 July 1860 |
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| Monarch | Pedro V |
| Preceded by | António Severim de Noronha |
| Succeeded by | Nuno José de Moura Barreto |
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In office 4 September 1865 – 4 January 1868 |
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| Monarch | Luís I |
| Preceded by | Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo |
| Succeeded by | António José de Ávila |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 August 1792 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 26 May 1884 (aged 91) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Political party |
Regenerator Party Progressist |
Joaquim António de Aguiar (Coimbra, 24 August 1792 – Lisbon, 26 May 1884) was a Portuguese politician. He held several relevant political posts during the Portuguese constitutional monarchy, namely as leader of the Cartists and later of the Partido Regenerador (English: Regenerator Party). He was three times prime minister of Portugal: between 1841 and 1842, in 1860 and finally from 1865 to 1868, when he entered a coalition with the Partido Progressista (English: Progressist Party), in what became known as the Governo de Fusão (English: Fusion Government).
He also served as minister of justice during the regency of Peter IV and in that capacity issued the 30 May 1834 law which extinguished "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses of the regular religious orders". Their vast patrimony was taken over by the Portuguese State and incorporated into the Fazenda Nacional (the National Exchequer). This law and its anti-ecclesiastical spirit earned Joaquim António de Aguiar the nickname "O Mata-Frades" (English: "The Friar-Killer").
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