José Ramos Preto

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name =José Ramos Preto
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office =Minister for Justice
term_start =March 8, 1920
term_end =June 6, 1920
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primeminister =António Maria Baptista (March 8, 1920–June 6, 1920)
Himself (June 6, 1920–June 26, 1920)
predecessor =Luís Augusto Mesquita de Carvalho
successor =António de Oliveira e Castro

order2 =75th Prime Minister of Portugal
(21st of the Republic)
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term_start2 =June 6, 1920
term_end2 =June 26, 1920
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president2 =António José de Almeida
predecessor2 =António Maria Baptista
successor2 =António Maria da Silva

birth_date =1871
birth_place =flagicon|Portugal|1830 Louriçal do Campo, Castelo Branco, Kingdom of Portugal
death_date =death date and age|1949|1|7|1871|1|1|mf=y
death_place =flagicon|Portugal Louriçal do Campo, Castelo Branco, Portuguese Republic
party =Democratic Party)
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occupation =Jurist and
highschool rector
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José Ramos Preto (Louriçal do Campo, Castelo Branco 1871 – Louriçal do Campo, 7 January 1949) was a Portuguese jurist and politician during the Portuguese First Republic. Among other posts, he served as civil governor, senator, minister and president of the Ministry (Prime Minister). He was the main landowner of his native town and the most influential politician of the region of Castelo Branco, the district where he also served as civil governor and director of its secondary schools. He was also elected senator for the electoral circle of Castelo Branco. In the sequence of the sudden death of President of the Ministry António Maria Baptista on June 3 1920, he was chosen to be his substitute. However, on 18 June, Ramos Preto government was forced to resign by the parliament, after being criticized by increasing the salaries of the members of his ministerial cabinets. Several personalities were then successively invited to constitute a government, but they all declined, making the government of Ramos Preto survive in functions until 26 June, when it was finally substituted by a ministry presided over by António Maria da Silva.