António Ginestal Machado

António Ginestal Machado

António Ginestal Machado (born May 3, 1874 in Almeida , † June 28, 1940 in Santarém ) was a Portuguese high school professor , politician and Prime Minister (Presidente do Conselho de Ministros) during the First Republic .

Life

Studies and professional career

After attending secondary school "Liceu Central da Guarda " (now Liceu Nacional da Guarda) he started in Lisbon in 1892 training at the Naval Academy , and also a study of the literature , the faculty-creating "advanced courses of Literature" (Curso Superior de Letras ) . After completing his studies, he was admitted as a high school professor in 1897 , but initially completed higher service in the Armada , since he could not acquire a position as a teacher. He also completed a law degree at the prestigious University of Coimbra .

In 1898, after leaving the navy, he became a high school professor of history and geography at the high school of Angra do Heroísmo on the Azores island of Terceira . In 1904 he moved to the National High School ( Liceu Nacional ) of Santarém as a professor of history and geography .

Political career

He began his political career in 1909 when he was elected President of the Municipal Council ( Junta ) of Santarém. In the wake of the turmoil before the establishment of the First Republic on October 6, 1910, he was then commander of the revolutionary movement of Santarém the following year.

In 1911 he was appointed government commissioner of the railway company ( Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses ).

Inauguration of the government under Prime Minister António Ginestal Machado on November 15, 1923

In the course of his political career, which was predominantly characterized by moderate republicanism , he was initially a member of the Partido Unionista founded by Brito Camacho in February 1912 , which, after merging with the Partido Republicano Evolucionista , was renamed Partido Liberal Republicano in October 1919 . In 1914 he was a member of the board of the Partido Unionista and later that of the Partido Nacional Republicano .

In 1919 he was elected deputy of parliament ( Assembleia da República ), where he represented the interests of the Santarém constituency until May 1926. On May 23, 1921, Prime Minister Tomé José de Barros Queirós appointed him Minister of Public Education in his cabinet, to which he was a member until August 30, 1921. He then held the office of Minister of Education in António Joaquim Granjo's cabinet until October 19, 1921. From October 8 to 19, 1921, he was also Portuguese Foreign Minister .

On November 15, 1923, he succeeded António Maria da Silva himself as Prime Minister (Presidente do Conselho de Ministros) of a minority government until December 14, 1923. At the same time, he also took over the post of Minister of the Interior. The real strong man in his government, however, was António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona , Minister of War , who later became Portugal's long-time president .

After the revolution of May 28, 1926, after leaving parliament and the board of the Partido Nacional Republicano, he retired from political life and was again a professor at the Santarém National High School until 1931.

On April 2, 1987, the Santarém high school was named after him in “Escola Secundária Dr. Ginestal Machado ”renamed.

Web links

Commons : António Ginestal Machado  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography (portuguese)
• António Ginestal Machado ( Memento of March 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the "Escola Secundária Dr. Ginestal Machado "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of Portuguese Ministers of Education ( Memento from 20091218194816)
2. ^ List of Portuguese interior ministers
3. ^ The government of Ginestal Machado
4. ↑ Escola Secundária Dr. Ginestal Machado ( Memento from March 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

predecessor	Office	successor
Antonio Maria da Silva	Prime Minister of Portugal November 15, 1923 - December 14, 1923	Álvaro de Castro