Count
Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
12 December 1914 – 25 January 1915
PresidentManuel de Arriaga
Preceded byBernardino Machado
Succeeded byJoaquim Pimenta de Castro
Personal details
Born12 November 1871
Portuguese Macau
Died27 June 1955(1955-06-27) (aged 83)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
OccupationNaval officer (Captain)
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Portugal
 Portugal
Branch/service Portuguese Navy
Years of service1888—1933

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).[1] 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 Misérables.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Review of culture (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau. 2013. p. 154.
  2. ^ Vieira, Anselmo (1926). A crise nacional (in Brazilian Portuguese). J. Rodrigues. p. 350.
  3. ^ Lopes, Fernando Farelo (1994). Poder político e caciquismo na 1a. República Portuguesa (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editorial Estampa. p. 49. ISBN 978-972-33-0946-1.
Political offices Preceded byBernardino Machado Prime Minister of Portugal(President of the Ministry) 1914–1915 Succeeded byJoaquim Pimenta de Castro
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