António Teixeira de Sousa

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Count
António Teixeira de Sousa
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
26 June 1910 – 5 October 1910
MonarchManuel II
Preceded byFrancisco da Veiga Beirão
Succeeded byProvisional Government
Personal details
Born(1857-05-05)5 May 1857
Celeirós, Sabrosa, Kingdom of Portugal
Died5 June 1917(1917-06-05) (aged 60)
Celeirós, Sabrosa, Portuguese Republic
Political partyRegenerator Party
OccupationMedical doctor
Thermae doctor
Writer

António Teixeira de Sousa, 2nd Count of Sousa Palmela (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ ðɨ ˈsozɐ]; 5 May 1857 in Celeirós, Sabrosa – 5 June 1917 in Celeirós, Sabrosa) was a Portuguese medical doctor and politician during the Constitutional Monarchy. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Porto, in 1883. A member of the conservative Regenerator Party, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies, in 1889. He was later minister of the Navy and Overseas (1900–1903), and, twice, of Finance (1903–1904, 1906). He became President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) on 26 June 1910, and would be the last Prime Minister of the Constitutional Monarchy as King D. Manuel II was overthrown by a republican revolution on 5 October 1910. He left politics after the republic proclamation, but showed a moderate support for the new regime.

Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Portugal
1910
Succeeded by