Duarte Leite

Meanwhile, he was also the director of the newspaper diary "A Pátria".

• Name — Duarte Leite • Office — Prime Minister of Portugal • Term Start — 16 June 1912 • Term End — 9 January 1913 • President — Manuel de Arriaga • Predecessor — Augusto de Vasconcelos • Successor — Afonso Costa • Office1 — Ambassador of Portugal to Brazil • Term Start1 — 7 December 1912 • Term End1 — 1 May 1931 • Nominator1 — Manuel de Arriaga • Predecessor1 — Bernardino Machado • Successor1 — Martinho Nobre de Melo • Office2 — Minister of the Interior • Term Start2 — 16 June 1912 • Term End2 — 9 January 1913 • Prime Minister2 — Himself • Predecessor2 — Silvestre Falcão • Successor2 — Rodrigo Rodrigues • Office3 — Minister of Finance • Term Start3 — 4 September 1911 • Term End3 — 12 November 1911 • Prime Minister3 — João Chagas • Predecessor3 — José Relvas • Successor3 — Sidónio Pais • Born — 11 August 1864 • Birthplace — Porto, Portugal • Died — 29 September 1950 • Place of death — Porto, Portugal • Party — Portuguese Republican (1897–1911) Independent (1911–1950) • Spouse — Maria Eulália Falcão • Children — 4 • Alma Mater — University of Coimbra

After the overthrow of the Portuguese monarchy in 1910, he was Minister of Finance during the first Augusto de Vasconcelos government (1911), and succeeded him, as Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs, from 16 June 1912 to 9 January 1913. From 1914 to 1931 he served as Portuguese ambassador to Brazil. He was a candidate to the Presidency of the Republic in the elections held in the Congress of the Republic, in 1925. Faithful all his life to his left-wing republican principles, he became a member of the 1945–48 Movement of Democratic Unity, which during its brief lifespan functioned as the first form of legalized opposition to Salazar's far-right Estado Novo (New State) regimen.

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