José Maria de Alpoim
| José Maria de Alpoim | |
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| Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs | |
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In office 18 August 1898 – 26 June 1900 |
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| Monarch |
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| Prime Minister | José Luciano de Castro |
| Constituency | Mesão Frio |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 20 October 1904 – 11 May 1905 |
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| Monarch | King Carlos I of Portugal |
| Prime Minister | José Luciano de Castro |
| Constituency | Mesão Frio |
| Personal details | |
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José Maria de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral 2 June 1858 Santa Cristina, Mesão Frio |
| Died | 15 December 1916 Lisbon |
| Resting place | Lisbon |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
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| Spouse(s) | Carmo de Tovar Pereira Coutinho de Vilhena e Menezes, |
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| Residence | Lisbon |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist |
José Maria de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral (Santa Cristina, Mesão Frio, 2 June 1858 - Lisbon, 15 December 1916) was a politician, member of the Progressive Party of Portugal, and later the Republican Party of Portugal, who held various roles during the last years of the constitutional monarchy in Portugal. He was a deputy in the Cortes, Counsel and Peer of the Realm, as well as holding positions in the Ministry of Justice, as well as roles in the First Portuguese Republic
José Maria Alpoim was born in the Solar da Rede, Santa Cristina, Mesão Frio, son of Francisco Borges Cerqueira de Alpoim Cabral (educated in Law) from a Royal House and Master of the Casa da Rede, and his wife, Amância Dulce Samora de Quevedo e Alpoim.
In 1878, at the age of 20, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Coimbra, taking on positions in the administration of the local government of Mesão Frio and Lamego: he was the youngest administrator in the municipality, at the time.
Member of the Progressive Party (Portuguese: Partido Progressista) since 1879, he was the protégée of Mariano Cirilo de Carvalho, he worked closely with José Luciano de Castro and regularly debated Francisco António da Veiga Beirão within the party on its direction. He was one of the more controversial members of the Partido Progressista, alongside Moreira de Almeida, António Centeno, Queirós Ribeiro and Francisco Correia Herédia (the Viscount of Ribeira Brava).
Deputy, counsel and peer-of-the-realm, he was Ministro dos Negócios Eclesiásticos (English: Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs) and Ministro da Justiça (English: Minister of Justice) in two governments led by José Luciano de Castro (from August 18, 1898 to June 26, 1900 and later October 20, 1904 to May 11, 1905). During his second term at the Ministry of Justice, he developed a notable reformist program that included revisions to the Bankruptcy Code, policies on judicial assistance and reforms to medical-legal services. As a legislative deputy, he openly attacked measures that the Minister of Finance, Manuel Afonso de Espregueira, had developed for resolving the dispute that developed on the tobacco monopoly. This conflict was to be the catalyst for him immediately leaving the government. His departure from the government was one of the reasons for the disintegration of the Partido Progressista; accompanied by other important and/or prestigious figures he formed a new faction, Progressive Dissidence, with principles that were soon closely allied to the republican cause.
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