Álvaro de Castro

Infobox Officeholder
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name =Álvaro de Castro
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order =Minister for Justice
office =
term_start =January 9, 1913
term_end =February 9, 1914
monarch =
primeminister =Afonso Costa
predecessor =Francisco Correia de Lemos
successor =Manuel Monteiro
order2 =Minister for Finance
office2 =
term_start2 =December 12, 1914
term_end2 =January 5, 1915
monarch2 =
primeminister2 =Vítor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
predecessor2 =António dos Santos Lucas
successor2 =Joaquim Pimenta de Castro (interim)
Herculano Jorge Galhardo (effective)
order3 =Minister for the Colonies
office3 =
term_start3 =January 3, 1920-January 15, 1920
term_end3 =January 15, 1920-January 21, 1920
monarch3 =
primeminister3 =Alfredo de Sá Cardoso
predecessor3 =Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar
successor3 =José Barbosa
order4 =78th Prime Minister of Portugal
(24th of the Republic)
office4 =
term_start4 =November 20, 1920
term_end4 =November 30, 1920
monarch4 =
president4 =António José de Almeida
predecessor4 =António Granjo
successor4 =Liberato Pinto
order5 =Minister for Interior
office5 =
term_start5 =November 20, 1920
term_end5 =November 30, 1920
monarch5 =
primeminister5 =Himself
predecessor5 =Felisberto Alves Pedrosa
successor5 =Liberato Pinto
order6 =Minister for War
office6 =
term_start6 =November 20, 1920
term_end6 =May 23, 1921
monarch6 =
primeminister6 =Himself (November 20, 1920–November 30, 1920)
Liberato Pinto (November 30, 1920–March 2, 1921)
Bernardino Machado (March 2, 1921–May 23, 1921)
predecessor6 =Hélder Ribeiro
successor6 =Alberto Carlos da Silveira
order7 =88th Prime Minister of Portugal
(34th of the Republic)
office7 =
term_start7 =December 18, 1923
term_end7 =July 6, 1924
monarch7 =
president7 =Manuel Teixeira Gomes
predecessor7 =António Ginestal Machado
successor7 =Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar
order8 =Minister for Finance
office8 =
term_start8 =December 18, 1923
term_end8 =July 6, 1924
monarch8 =
primeminister8 =Himself
predecessor8 =Francisco Cunha Leal
successor8 =Daniel José Rodrigues
birth_date =birth date|1878|11|9|mf=y
birth_place =flagicon|Portugal|1830 Guarda, Kingdom of Portugal
death_date =death date and age|1928|6|29|1878|11|9|mf=y
death_place =flagicon|Portugal Coimbra, Portuguese Republic
party =Liberal Republican Party
later National Reconstruction Republican Party,
and Nationalist Republican Party.
spouse =Maria Rosa de Meireles Garrido
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children =
residence =
alma_mater =
occupation =Lawyer and
columnist
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Álvaro Xavier de Castro (pron. IPA2|'aɫvɐɾu ʃɐvi'ɛɾ dɨ 'kaʃtɾu; was Prime Minister of Portugal from November 20 to November 30, 1920 and from December 18, 1923 to July 6, 1924.

Early career

He was born in Guarda, on November 9, 1878. He was part of the Constitutional junta that governed Portugal in 1915. He later served as Governor-General of Mozambique between 1915 and 1918. He was a prominent participant in the attempted coup of January 11, 1919 that took place after the assassination of Sidónio Pais.

Later career

He co-founded the National Reconstitution Republican Party. He was appointed Prime Minister, during a brief period (from November 20 to November 30, 1920). He was replaced by Liberato Pinto, an army officer.

He then joined a new party, the Nationalist Republican Party. He again became Prime Minister of Portugal, from December 18, 1923 to July 6, 1924. He died in Coimbra on June 29, 1928.