José Caeiro da Mata explained

José Caeiro da Mata
Honorific Suffix:GCC GCSE GCIH GCIP
Office2:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Birth Date:6 January 1883
Birth Place:Vimieiro, Arraiolos, Portugal
Death Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Termstart2:4 February 1947
Termend2:2 August 1950
Citizenship:Portugal
Predecessor2:António de Oliveira Salazar
Successor2:Paulo Cunha

Dr. José Caeiro da Mata (6 January 1883 – 3 January 1963) was a Portuguese jurist, professor of law and politician.

Mata began his career in 1907 as a Professor at the University of Coimbra, before transferring to the University of Lisbon in 1919. He held several public and administrative positions in Lisbon and was rector of the University from 1929 to 1946.[1] [2] He was a deputy judge in the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1931 to 1936.[3] [4] Under the Estado Novo, he served twice as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1933 – 1935, 1947 – 1950) and the Minister of National Education (1944 – 1947).

Representing Portugal as Foreign Minister, Mata signed the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 at Washington, D.C.[5] [6]

References

  1. Web site: JOSÉ CAEIRO DA MATA . 26 April 2022 . parlamento.pt.
  2. Web site: José Caeiro da Mata ULisbon . 26 April 2022 . ulisboa.pt.
  3. Web site: Declassified: Meet the Signatories . 25 April 2022 . nato.int.
  4. Web site: Permanent Court of International Justice Individual Judges . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110901064818/http://www.indiana.edu/~league/pcijindjudges.htm . 1 September 2011 . 25 January 2010 . League of Nations Archive.
  5. Web site: Cooke . Alistair . 5 April 1949 . North Atlantic Pact signed: 'a shield against aggression' - archive, April 1949 . 25 April 2022 . The Guardian.
  6. Web site: Declassified: Portugal and NATO - 1949 . 25 April 2022 . nato.int.