José Relvas

José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas de Campos (Golegã, Golegã, 5 March 1858 – Alpiarça, Casa dos Patudos, 31 October 1929; Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɛlvɐʃ], was a Portuguese politician and Prime Minister of Portugal.

José Relvas
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office 27 January 1919 – 30 March 1919
President	João do Canto e Castro
Preceded by	João Tamagnini Barbosa
Succeeded by	Domingos Pereira
Minister of the Interior
In office 27 January 1919 – 30 March 1919
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	João Tamagnini Barbosa
Succeeded by	Domingos Pereira
Ambassador of Portugal to Spain
In office 19 October 1911 – 13 January 1914
Nominated by	Manuel de Arriaga
Preceded by	Augusto de Vasconcelos
Succeeded by	Augusto de Vasconcelos
Minister of Finance
In office 12 October 1910 – 3 September 1911
Prime Minister	Provisional Government
Preceded by	Anselmo de Andrade
Succeeded by	Duarte Leite
Personal details
Born	(1858-03-05)5 March 1858 Golegã, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	31 October 1929(1929-10-31) (aged 71) Alpiarça, Portuguese Republic
Political party	Portuguese Republican (later Democratic)
Spouse	Eugénia de Loureiro Queirós Couto Leitão
Children	Carlos, João, Maria Luísa
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Land owner
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Personal life

Jose was married to Eugénia de Loureiro Queirós Couto Leitão. He had three children: Carlos, João and Maria Luísa.

Political career

José Relvas proclaims the Republic from the balcony of the City Hall

An historic republican, he proclaimed the republic from the balcony of the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon, on 5 October 1910. He was the second Minister of Finance during the provisional government led by Teófilo Braga, from 12 October 1910 to 3 September 1911.

After that, he served as ambassador of Portugal in Madrid, from 1911 to 1914. He was President of the Ministry (Prime Minister), from 27 January to 30 March 1919, in one of the many short-lived governments of the Portuguese First Republic.^[1] His house in Alpiarça is now a museum, the Casa dos Patudos, where his art collection is exhibited, which consists of over 13,000 glass negatives.^[2]