Viscount of Abaeté | |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1798 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
Death Date: | 14 September 1883 (aged 84) |
Death Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
Office1: | Prime Minister of Brazil |
Term Start1: | 12 December 1858 |
Term End1: | 10 August 1859 |
Monarch1: | Pedro II |
Predecessor1: | Marquis of Olinda |
Successor1: | Ângelo Moniz da Silva Ferraz |
Office2: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start2: | 14 October 1835 |
Term End2: | 3 June 1836 |
Predecessor2: | Manuel Alves Branco |
Successor2: | Gustavo de Aguilar Pantoja |
Term Start3: | 24 July 1840 |
Term End3: | 23 March 1841 |
Predecessor3: | Paulino Soares de Sousa |
Successor3: | Paulino Soares de Sousa |
Term Start4: | 29 September 1845 |
Term End4: | 2 May 1846 |
Predecessor4: | José de Almeida Torres |
Successor4: | Joaquim Marcelino de Brito |
Awards: | Order of the Southern Cross
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Module: | Coat of Arms of the Viscount of Abaeté |
Antonio Paulino Limpo de Abreu, Viscount of Abaeté (22 September 1798 - 14 September 1883) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian magistrate, diplomat and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Brazil from 1858 to 1859.[2]
He graduated in law at the University of Coimbra in 1820, he was an external judge in São João del-Rei, district ombudsman, judge, councilor, deputy general, governor of Minas Gerais (1833),[3] minister and President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister). He was a senator of the Empire of Brazil from 1847 to 1883, and President of the Senate from 1861 to 1873.[4]
As a diplomat, he carried out several missions in Montevideo and in the Argentine Confederation.[3]
He was President of the Council of Ministers and simultaneously Minister of the Navy.