Joaquim Pimenta de Castro

Count Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
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Prime Minister of Portugal
In office 25 January 1915 – 14 May 1915
President	Manuel de Arriaga
Preceded by	Vítor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
Succeeded by	Constitutional Junta João Chagas (designate)
Personal details
Born	(1846-11-05)5 November 1846 Monção, Portugal
Died	14 May 1918(1918-05-14) (aged 81) Lisbon, Portugal
Party	Independent
Spouse	Emília de Freitas
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Army officer (General), and mathematician
Signature	File:AssinaturaJoaquimPimentaDeCastro.svg

Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (5 November 1846, in Pias, Monção – 14 May 1918, in Lisbon; Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuɐˈkĩ piˈmẽtɐ ðɨ ˈkaʃtɾu]) was a Portuguese army officer and politician. He was a career military officer reaching the position of General, also graduated in mathematics by the University of Coimbra. In 1908, he was nominated commander of the 3rd Military Region, in Porto. After the proclamation of the Republic on 5 October 1910, he was Minister of War, for only two months, in 1911. He had to resign due to the monarchist incursion of Henrique de Paiva Couceiro. An independent, he was chosen by President Manuel de Arriaga to be the President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of a government, who would rule without the parliament, where the Portuguese Republican Party, led by Afonso Costa had the majority. His government, with the support of the moderate Evolutionist Party and the Republican Union, and also conservative military factions, was in office from 28 January to 14 May 1915. It was overthrown by the military movement of 14 May 1915, supported by the Republican Party, which also caused the resignation of President Manuel de Arriaga.