Joaquim Pimenta de Castro

Infobox Officeholder
honorific-prefix =
name =Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
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order =
office =Minister for War
term_start =September 3, 1911
term_end =October 8, 1911
monarch =
primeminister =João Chagas
predecessor =António Xavier Correia Barreto
successor =Alberto Carlos da Silveira

order2 =62th Prime Minister of Portugal ¹
(8th of the Republic)
office2 =
term_start2 =January 25, 1915
term_end2 =May 15, 1915
monarch2 =
president2 =Manuel de Arriaga
predecessor2 =Vítor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
successor2 =Constitutional Junta composed of:
José Norton de Matos
António Maria da Silva
José de Freitas Ribeiro
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso
Álvaro de Castro
João Chagas (next Prime Minister; did not take office)
José de Castro ("de facto")

order3 =
office3 =Minister for War
term_start3 =December 12, 1914
term_end3 =May 15, 1915
monarch3 =
primeminister3 =Himself
predecessor3 =Joaquim Basílio Albuquerque e Castro
successor3 =Basílio Teles (did not take office)
José de Castro ("de facto")

birth_date =birth date|1836|11|5|mf=y
birth_place =flagicon|Portugal|1830 Pires, Monção, Kingdom of Portugal
death_date =death date and age|1918|5|14|1836|11|5|mf=y
death_place =flagicon|Portugal Lisbon, Portuguese Republic
party =Independent
spouse =Emília de Freitas
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater =University of Coimbra
occupation =Army officer (General),
and mathematician
profession =
religion =


website =
footnotes =¹ Accumulating all the Ministries (Internal Affairs, Justice, Finances, War, Navy, Foreign Affairs, Foment, Colonies and Instruction) until January 28, 1915.

Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (Pires, Monção, 5 November 1836 - Lisbon, 14 May 1918), pron. IPA2|ʒuɐ'kĩ pi'metɐ dɨ 'kaʃtɾu, 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 October 5, 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, lead by Afonso Costa had the majority. His government, with the support of the moderate Evolutionist Republican 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.