Duarte Leite

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58th Prime Minister of Portugal (4th of the Republic)
Duarte Leite

Minister for Finances
In office September 3, 1911 – November 12, 1911
Prime Minister	João Chagas
Preceded by	José Relvas
Succeeded by	Sidónio Pais
In office June 16, 1912 – January 9, 1913
President	Manuel de Arriaga
Preceded by	Augusto de Vasconcelos
Succeeded by	Afonso Costa
Minister for Internal Affairs
In office June 16, 1912 – September 23, 1912
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Silvestre Falcão
Succeeded by	Augusto de Vasconcelos

Born	August 11, 1864(1864-08-11) Porto, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	September 29, 1950 (aged 86) Porto, Portuguese Republic
Political party	Portuguese Republican Party
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Professor of mathematics and astronomy, mathematician, historian, newspaper editor, journalist and diplomat

Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva, GCC (Porto, 11 August 1864 - Porto, 29 September 1950), pron. IPA: [du'aɾt(ɨ) 'lɐit(ɨ)], was a Portuguese historian, mathematician, journalist, diplomat and politician. He graduated in Mathematics at the University of Coimbra, in 1885. He taught at the Politecnic Academy of Porto, from 1886 a 1911. He was also the director of the newspaper diary "A Pátria". As a historian, he published many studies, later compiled in "História dos Descobrimentos" (History of the Discoveries), in 2 volumes. After the proclamation of the republic, he was Minister of Finance, at the Augusto de Vasconcelos government (1911-1912), and succeeded him, as President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) and Minister of Internal Affairs, from 16 June 1912 to 9 January 1913. He was ambassador of Portugal in Brazil, from 1914 to 1931. He remained faithful to his republican and democratic principles all his life, and was a member of the Movement of Democratic Unity, during António de Oliveira Salazar's fascist regime, named Estado Novo (New State).

Preceded by Augusto de Vasconcelos	Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1912–1923	Succeeded by Afonso Costa

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Portugal during the First Republic (1910-1926)

Teófilo Braga - João Pinheiro Chagas - Augusto de Vasconcelos - Duarte Leite - Afonso Costa - Bernardino Machado - Azevedo Coutinho - Pimenta de Castro - Constitutional Junta - João Pinheiro Chagas (2nd; didn't take office) - José de Castro - Afonso Costa (2nd) - António José de Almeida - Afonso Costa (3rd) - Sidónio Pais - Canto e Castro - Tamagnini Barbosa - José Relvas - Domingos Pereira - Sá Cardoso - Fernandes Costa (didn't take office) - Sá Cardoso (reconducted) - Domingos Pereira (2nd) - António Maria Baptista - Ramos Preto - António Maria da Silva - António Granjo - Álvaro de Castro - Liberato Pinto - Bernardino Machado (2nd) - Barros Queirós - António Granjo (2nd) - Manuel Maria Coelho - Maia Pinto - Cunha Leal - António Maria da Silva (2nd) - Ginestal Machado - Álvaro de Castro (2nd) - Rodrigues Gaspar - Domingues dos Santos - Vitorino Guimarães - António Maria da Silva (3rd) - Domingos Pereira (3rd) - António Maria da Silva (4th)

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