Manuel de Arriaga
Manuel de Arriaga | |
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Official portrait, 1912 | |
| 1st President of Portugal | |
| In office 24 August 1911 – 29 May 1915 | |
| Prime Minister | Provisional Government João Chagas Augusto de Vasconcelos Duarte Leite Afonso Costa Bernardino Machado Vítor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho Joaquim Pimenta de Castro Constitutional Junta José de Castro |
| Preceded by | Provisional Government |
| Succeeded by | Teófilo Braga |
| Attorney General of the Republic | |
| In office 17 November 1910 – 24 August 1911 | |
| Appointed by | Provisional Government |
| Preceded by | António Cândido |
| Succeeded by | José Azevedo e Silva |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1840 Horta, Azores, Portugal |
| Died | 5 March 1917 (aged 76) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Portuguese Republican (later Democratic) |
| Spouse | Lucrécia Furtado de Melo |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Occupation | Lawyer Professor of Law Lecturer of English |
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Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue (8 July 1840 – 5 March 1917) was a Portuguese lawyer who served as the first president of Portugal from 1911 to 1915. Manuel de Arriaga also served as the first attorney-general, following the deposition of King Manuel II in 1910, and a Republican Provisional Government headed by Teófilo Braga he became president of the First Portuguese Republic.