| Tomás Ribeiro | |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1831 |
| Birth Place: | Parada de Gonta, Viseu, Portugal |
| Death Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality: | Portuguese |
| Occupation: | Politician, journalist, poet and writer |
Tomás António Ribeiro Ferreira (1 July 1831 - 6 February 1901), better known as Tomás Ribeiro or Thomaz Ribeiro, was a Portuguese politician, journalist, poet and Ultra-Romantic writer.[1]
He was born in Parada de Gonta, Viseu. After graduating in law at the University of Coimbra, he practised law briefly before turning to a political career. A prominent member of the Partido Regenerador, he was at various times Mayor of Viseu, Deputy, Peer of the Realm, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Minister of Public Works[2] and Civil Governor of the districts of Braga and Porto. He was also secretary general of the government of Portuguese India, and ambassador of Portugal in Brazil. Elected a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, he was president of the Department of Letters. He died in Lisbon and was buried in the Cemitério dos Prazeres.
A versatile writer and journalist, Tomás Ribeiro left a vast body of work. He was the father of the poet Branca de Gonta Colaço and grandfather of the writer Tomás Ribeiro Colaço.