Francisco da Veiga Beirão
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Francisco António da Veiga Beirão (Lisbon, July 24, 1841 — Paço de Arcos, November 11, 1916), commonly known as Francisco da Veiga Beirão (pron. IPA: [fɾɐ̃'siʃku dɐ 'vɐigɐ bɐi'ɾɐ̃ũ]) or just Veiga Beirão, was a Portuguese politician of the late period of the Constitutional Monarchy. He served as President of the Ministry (Prime Minister), being the second last before the October 5 republican coup d'état that established the Portuguese First Republic. He was a professor at the Industrial Institute and president of Lawyers Association of Lisbon. He was also a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Institut de Droit International and the Real Academia de Jurisprudência y Legislación de Madrid. He had a law degree in law, from the University of Coimbra.
He started his political life in the Reformist Party and was a deputy in the Cortes from 1880 to 1904. However he maintained a certain distance from party-politics. He also served as Minister of Justice (February 29, 1886 — January 14, 1890) and of Foreign Affairs (1898). He was the author of the regulating code for the creation and functioning of commercial societies in Portugal (1888).
In 1909, on December 22, he was named President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) by young king Emmanuel II of Portugal. However, his government would not last much as following a political scandal related with the Crédito Predial Bank that implicated several of his ministers. He resigned in June 26, 1910. He would be followed by António Teixeira de Sousa, the last Prime Minister of the constitutional monarchy.
After the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic on October 5, 1910 he abandoned the political life and continued working as a lawyer and attorney.
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Preceded by: Wenceslau Pereira de Lima |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1909-1910 |
Succeeded by: António Teixeira de Sousa |
Prime Ministers of Portugal during the Constitutional Monarchy (1834-1910) | |
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Marquess of Palmela - Count of Linhares - Marquess of Saldanha - José Jorge Loureiro - Duke of Terceira - Count of Lumiares - Marquess of Valença - Viscount of Sá da Bandeira - Dias de Oliveira - Viscount of Sá da Bandeira (2nd) - Baron of Ribeira de Sabrosa - Count of Bonfim - Joaquim António de Aguiar - Marquess of Palmela (2nd) - Duke of Terceira (2nd) - Marquess of Palmela (3rd) - Duke of Saldanha (2nd) - Count of Tomar - Duke of Terceira (3rd) - Duke of Saldanha (3rd) - Marquess of Loulé - Duke of Terceira (4th) - Joaquim António de Aguiar (2nd) - Duke of Loulé (2nd) - Marquess of Sá da Bandeira (3nd) - Joaquim António de Aguiar (3rd) - Count of Ávila - Marquess of Sá da Bandeira (4th) - Duke of Loulé (3rd) - Duke of Saldanha (4th) - Marquess of Sá da Bandeira (5th) - Marquess of Ávila (2nd) - Fontes Pereira de Melo - Marquess of Ávila (3rd) - Fontes Pereira de Melo (2nd) - Anselmo José Braamcamp - Rodrigues Sampaio - Fontes Pereira de Melo (3rd) - José Luciano - António Serpa - João Crisóstomo - Dias Ferreira - Hintze Ribeiro - José Luciano (2nd) - Hintze Ribeiro (2nd) - José Luciano (3rd) - Hintze Ribeiro (3rd) - João Franco - Ferreira do Amaral - Campos Henriques - Sebastião Teles - Wenceslau de Lima - Veiga Beirão - Teixeira de Sousa |