Manuel de Arriaga

Manuel de Arriaga
Official portrait, 1912
1st President of Portugal
In office
24 August 1911 (1911-08-24)  29 May 1915 (1915-05-29)
Prime MinisterProvisional 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 byProvisional Government
Succeeded byTeófilo Braga
Attorney General of the Republic
In office
17 November 1910 (1910-11-17)  24 August 1911 (1911-08-24)
Appointed byProvisional Government
Preceded byAntónio Cândido
Succeeded byJosé Azevedo e Silva
Personal details
Born(1840-07-08)8 July 1840
Horta, Azores, Portugal
Died5 March 1917(1917-03-05) (aged 76)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyPortuguese Republican
(later Democratic)
SpouseLucrécia Furtado de Melo
Children6
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra
OccupationLawyer
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.