Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho explained

Honorific-Prefix:Count
Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
Office:Prime Minister of Portugal
Term Start:12 December 1914
Term End:25 January 1915
President:Manuel de Arriaga
Predecessor:Bernardino Machado
Successor:Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
Birth Date:12 November 1871
Birth Place:Portuguese Macau
Death Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Party:Democratic Party
Alma Mater:University of Coimbra
Occupation:Naval officer (Captain)
Allegiance:
Portugal
Serviceyears:1888—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 the 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Review of culture . 2013 . Instituto Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau . 154 . pt-BR.
  2. Book: Vieira, Anselmo . A crise nacional . 1926 . J. Rodrigues . 350 . pt-BR.
  3. Book: Lopes, Fernando Farelo . Poder político e caciquismo na 1a. República Portuguesa . 1994 . Editorial Estampa . 978-972-33-0946-1 . 49 . pt-BR.