Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar | |
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| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 7 July 1924 – 22 November 1924 | |
| President | Manuel Teixeira Gomes |
| Preceded by | Álvaro de Castro |
| Succeeded by | José Domingues dos Santos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 August 1865 Funchal, Portugal |
| Died | 30 November 1930 (aged 65) Lisbon, Portugal |
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Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (8 December 1865 – 1 December 1938) was a Portuguese military officer and politician. Rodrigues Gaspar was President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of one of the many governments of the Portuguese First Republic.
Biography
[edit]He was born on 8 August 1865 in the Penha de França neighbourhood, in what is today's freguesia of Sé, in Funchal, to Manuel Rodrigues Gaspar, a carpenter and Maria Augusta.[1]
He was President of the Council of Ministers (Prime-Minister) in one of the First Portuguese Republic's many governments, between 6 July 1924 and 22 November 1924. He was also Minister of Agriculture between 6 and 22 July 1924.[2][3]
The political instability of the First Republic would make him take the positions of Minister of Education, Minister of the Colonies and last President of the Chamber of Deputies. He was also teacher at the Naval School.[4]
At the time of his death, on 30 November 1938, he was director of the Navy's Explosives Laboratory and president of the Technical Commission of Naval Artillery, holding the post retired Captain.[4]
He was married to Carolina Maria Saavedre, sister of Tomás Óscar Pinto da Cunha Saavedra, Baron of Saavedra.
Honours
[edit]National orders
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Commander of the Order of Aviz, (11 March 1919)[5]
Grad-Officer of the Order of Aviz (19 October 1920)[5]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Christ (24 June 1932)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Registo de batismo n.º 113: Alfredo. Pai: Manuel Rodrigues Gaspar; Mãe: Maria Augusta". arquivo-abm.madeira.gov.pt. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- ^ Página do Ministério da Agricultura[dead link]
- ^ "ISCSP". Archived from the original on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Os Mortos - Capitão de mar e guerra Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar" (PDF). Diário de Notícias. Arquivo Regional e Biblioteca Pública da Madeira. 1938-12-06.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Presidência da República Portuguesa. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
Resultado da busca de "Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar".
- ^ "CIDADÃOS NACIONAIS AGRACIADOS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- 1865 births
- 1938 deaths
- Naval ministers of Portugal
- Prime ministers of Portugal
- Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Portugal (1910–1926)
- Agriculture ministers of Portugal
- Mayors of Lisbon
- Portuguese military personnel
- People from Funchal
- Commanders of the Order of Aviz
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
- Grand Officers of the Order of Aviz