José Relvas
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
27 January 1919 – 30 March 1919
PresidentJoão do Canto e Castro
Preceded byJoão Tamagnini Barbosa
Succeeded byDomingos Pereira
Minister of the Interior
In office
27 January 1919 – 30 March 1919
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJoão Tamagnini Barbosa
Succeeded byDomingos Pereira
Ambassador of Portugal to Spain
In office
19 October 1911 – 13 January 1914
Nominated byManuel de Arriaga
Preceded byAugusto de Vasconcelos
Succeeded byAugusto de Vasconcelos
Minister of Finance
In office
12 October 1910 – 3 September 1911
Prime MinisterProvisional Government
Preceded byAnselmo de Andrade
Succeeded byDuarte Leite
Personal details
Born(1858-03-05)5 March 1858
Golegã, Kingdom of Portugal
Died31 October 1929(1929-10-31) (aged 71)
Alpiarça, Portuguese Republic
Political partyPortuguese Republican (later Democratic)
SpouseEugénia de Loureiro Queirós Couto Leitão
ChildrenCarlos, João, Maria Luísa
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
OccupationLand owner
Signature

José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas de Campos (Golegã, Golegã, 5 March 1858 – Alpiarça, Casa dos Patudos, 31 October 1929; Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɛlvɐʃ], was a Portuguese politician and 70th Prime Minister of Portugal.

Personal life

Jose was married to Eugénia de Loureiro Queirós Couto Leitão. He had three children: Carlos, João and Maria Luísa.

Political career

José Relvas, standing amongst others, is speaking, proclaiming the Republic from a stone balcony
José Relvas proclaims the Republic from the balcony of the City Hall

An historic republican, he proclaimed the republic from the balcony of the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon, on 5 October 1910. He was the second Minister of Finance during the provisional government led by Teófilo Braga, from 12 October 1910 to 3 September 1911.

After that, he served as ambassador of Portugal in Madrid, from 1911 to 1914. He was President of the Ministry (103rd Prime Minister), from 27 January to 30 March 1919, in one of the many short-lived governments of the Portuguese First Republic.[1] His house in Alpiarça is now a museum, the Casa dos Patudos, where his art collection is exhibited, which consists of over 13,000 glass negatives.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wheeler, Douglas L. (1998-08-10). Republican Portugal: A Political History, 1910-1926. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-299-07454-8.
  2. ↑ Ellingham, Mark; Fisher, John; Kenyon, Graham (2002). The Rough Guide to Portugal. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-877-2.
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