João do Canto e Castro

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His Excellency
João do Canto e Castro
Canto e Castro (official).jpg
Portrait by Henrique Medina, 1933.
President of Portugal
In office
16 December 1918 – 5 October 1919
Prime Minister João Tamagnini Barbosa
José Relvas
Domingos Pereira
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso
Preceded by Sidónio Pais
Succeeded by António José de Almeida
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
15 December 1918 – 23 December 1918
Preceded by Sidónio Pais
Succeeded by João Tamagnini Barbosa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 December 1918 – 15 December 1918
President Sidónio Pais
Preceded by António Egas Moniz
Succeeded by António Egas Moniz
Minister of the Navy
In office
7 September 1918 – 15 December 1918
President Sidónio Pais
Preceded by Alfredo Magalhães
Succeeded by Alfredo Magalhães
Personal details
Born João do Canto e Castro da Silva Antunes
(1862-05-19)19 May 1862
Lisbon, Portugal
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Lisbon, Portugal
Political party National Republican Party
("Sidonist Party")
Spouse(s) Mariana de Aboim
Children 2 daughters and 1 son
Occupation Naval officer
Signature João do Canto e Castro's signature
Military service
Allegiance  Kingdom of Portugal (to 1910)
Portugal First Portuguese Republic
Service/branch  Portuguese Navy
Rank Admiral

João do Canto e Castro da Silva Antunes (19 May 1862, in Lisbon – 14 March 1934, in Lisbon), commonly known simply as João do Canto e Castro was a Portuguese Navy officer and the fifth President of Portugal, during the First Portuguese Republic. He also briefly served as 67th Prime Minister of Portugal.[1]

Early life

He was the son of General José Ricardo da Costa da Silva Antunes (Lisbon, 7 February 1831 – 7 August 1906) and wife (m. 1860) Maria da Conceição do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas Valdez (24 October 1825 – Lisbon, 20 April 1892).

In 1891 he married Mariana de Santo António Moreira Freire Correia Manoel Torres de Aboim (Lisbon, 13 June 1865 – 18 January 1946), sister of the 1st Viscount da Idanha and niece of the 1st Viscount de Vila Boim, and had issue.

Career

He occupied the post of Navy Minister, to which he had been appointed by Sidónio Pais, the "President-King" on 9 September 1918, and succeeded Pais after his murder on 14 December 1918.

During his rule there were two attempts to carry out a revolution. The first one, in Santarém, in December 1918, was led by the republicans Francisco da Cunha Leal and Álvaro Xavier de Castro. The second one was monarchist and was perpetrated in January 1919 and organized by Paiva Couceiro, who for some time managed to control the northern part of the country in what was called the Monarchy of the North. Although Canto e Castro was a monarchist, as President of the Republic he had to fight against a movement that defended his own ideals.

See also

References

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Political offices
Preceded by President of Portugal
1918–1919		 Succeeded by
António José de Almeida
Preceded by Prime Minister of Portugal
1918		 Succeeded by
João Tamagnini Barbosa

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