José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas de Campos (

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, Golegã, 5 March 1858 –

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, Casa dos Patudos, 31 October 1929; , was a

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politician and 70th Prime Minister of Portugal. = Personal life = Jose was in spouse with Eugénia de Loureiro Queirós Couto Leitão. He has three children Carlos, João and Maria Luísa.

Political career

An historic

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, it was he who proclaimed the republic from the balcony of the

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of Lisbon, on 5 October 1910. He was the second Minister of Finance during the provisional government led by

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, from 12 October 1910 to 3 September 1911. After that, he served as ambassador of Portugal in

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, from 1911 to 1914. He was President of the Ministry (103rd

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), from 27 January to 30 March 1919, in one of the many short-lived governments of the

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. His house in

is now a museum, the Casa dos Patudos, where his art collection is exhibited.

References

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