Artur Ivens Ferraz

Artur Ivens Ferraz [ ɐɾˈtuɾ ˈaivɐns fɯˈʁaʃ ] (born December 1, 1870 in Lisbon , † January 16, 1933 ibid) was a Portuguese general, politician and prime minister .

Military career

After attending the Polytechnic School, the nephew of the Africa explorer Roberto Ivens graduated from the cadet school , where he was initially trained as an officer in the artillery . In 1904 he was in command of the Portuguese contingent during a maneuver with the British Army. After attending the General Staff Academy, he later became a professor at the cadet school.

During the First World War he was in France commander of the forces of the expeditionary force that supported the British armed forces. Between 1919 and 1922 he was a military attaché at the embassy in London . In this function he was also a representative at the disarmament conferences of the League of Nations . In 1922 he became head of cabinet of the High Commissioner in Mozambique . From May to November 1926 he was the governor of Mozambique himself as general . From 1927 to 1928 he was in command of the Central Officers School.

Military dictatorship (1926 to 1932)

After his return from Mozambique, he was first Minister for Trade and Communication in the cabinet of António Oscar de Fragoso Carmona on August 26, 1927 . He then became Minister of Colonial Affairs on January 5, 1928. On February 16, 1928 he was appointed Minister of Finance.

During the military dictatorship , he finally became Prime Minister himself on July 8, 1929 as the successor to José Vicente de Freitas Chairman of the Ministry (Presidente do Ministério). In this role he temporarily took over the ministries for education (November to December 1929), foreign affairs (1929), internal administration (July 8, 1929 to January 21, 1930), colonies and finance. He held the post of Prime Minister until his replacement by Domingos da Costa e Oliveira on January 21, 1930.

He then became general administrator of the army and president of the League of Frontline Fighters. General Ivens Ferraz was Chief of the General Staff from 1931 until his death . In this capacity he also edited the military newspapers Revista de Artilharia and Revista Militar .

During his military and political career he was awarded numerous domestic and foreign medals. His memoirs A ascensão de Salazar: Memórias de seis meses de governo do general Ivens Ferraz only appeared posthumously in 1988.

Web links

• José Adelino Maltez: Políticos Portugueses da Ditadura Nacional e do Estado Novo (1926-1974) . Version dated December 20, 2003; accessed on July 11, 2015 (Portuguese)
• A Short History Of Portugal . ( Memento from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Antigos Chefes do Estado-Maior do Exército ( Memento of May 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Website of the Portuguese Army

predecessor	Office	successor
José Vicente de Freitas	Prime Minister of Portugal 1929–1930	Domingos da Costa e Oliveira