Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas

Sousa Dantas
Sousa Dantas, c.1865
Prime Minister of Brazil
In office
6 June 1884  6 May 1885
MonarchPedro II of Brazil
Preceded byLafayette Rodrigues Pereira
Succeeded byJosé Antônio Saraiva
Further offices held
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
22 December 1884  6 May 1885
Preceded byJoão da Mata Machado
Succeeded byMarquis of Paranaguá
Minister of Justice
In office
28 March 1880  21 January 1882
Preceded byLafayette Rodrigues Pereira
Succeeded byRodolfo Epifânio de Sousa Dantas
Minister of Agriculture
In office
2 August 1866  12 July 1868
Preceded byAntonio Francisco de Paula Sousa
Succeeded byJoaquim Antão Fernandes Leão
Personal details
Born(1831-02-21)21 February 1831
Inhambupe, Empire of Brazil
Died29 January 1894(1894-01-29) (aged 62)
Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Political partyLiberal
AwardsCommander of the Imperial Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas (21 February 1831 – 29 January 1894) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Brazil from 1884 to 1885, noted for his efforts to reform slavery.