Count Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho |
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61st Prime Minister of Portugal (7th of the Republic) |
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In office December 12, 1914 – January 25, 1915 |
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President | Manuel de Arriaga |
Preceded by | Bernardino Machado |
Succeeded by | Joaquim Pimenta de Castro |
Minister for the Navy | |
In office December 12, 1914 – January 25, 1915 |
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Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Augusto Eduardo Neuparth |
Succeeded by |
Joaquim Pimenta de Castro (accumulating all posts) José Joaquim Xavier de Brito (de facto) |
Minister for the Navy | |
In office November 29, 1915 – April 25, 1917 |
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Prime Minister |
Afonso Costa (November 29, 1915–March 15, 1916) António José de Almeida (March 15, 1916–April 25, 1917) |
Preceded by | José de Castro |
Succeeded by | José António Arantes Pedroso |
Minister for the Navy | |
In office February 6, 1922 – July 6, 1923 |
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Prime Minister | António Maria da Silva |
Preceded by | João Manuel de Carvalho |
Succeeded by | Abel Fontoura da Costa |
Minister for Foreign Affairs (interim) |
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In office March 2, 1922 – March 28, 1922 |
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Prime Minister | António Maria da Silva |
Preceded by | José Maria Barbosa de Guimarães |
Succeeded by | José Maria Barbosa de Guimarães |
Minister for Foreign Affairs (interim) |
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In office August 26, 1922 – October 12, 1922 |
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Prime Minister | António Maria da Silva |
Preceded by | José Maria Barbosa de Guimarães |
Succeeded by | Domingos Pereira |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 November 1871 Macau, Portuguese Empire |
Died | 27 June 1955 Lisbon, Portugal |
(aged 83)
Political party | Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
Occupation |
Naval officer (Captain) and professor |
Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, 18th Count of Azevedo GCC, GCA (12 November 1871–27 June 1955), was a Portuguese naval officer, politician and professor, at the University of Coimbra and later the Escola Naval (Naval School). He was a member of the Portuguese Democratic Party and served as the President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) for 7th government of the First Portuguese Republic (having led the country between 12 December 1914 and 25 January 1915). His government's composition was essentially made up of second-line political figures, and his government was jokingly referred to as "Os miseráveis de Victor Hugo" ("The miserables of Victor Hugo"), a play on the French author Victor Hugo's book Les Miserables.