Domingos Leite Pereira

Domingos Leite Pereira

Domingos Leite Pereira (born September 19, 1882 in Braga , † October 27, 1956 in Porto ) was a Catholic priest and Portuguese politician. He was Prime Minister of his country three times (March 30 - June 30, 1919, January 21 - March 8, 1920 and August 1 - December 18, 1925). He was a member of the Democratic Party .

Life

Domingos Leite Pereira studied theology and literature at the University of Coimbra . As a Catholic priest he helped to improve the relationship between church and state in Portugal , which had been badly broken during the first republic .

After the proclamation of the republic (1910) he was president of the local parliament in Braga and a member of the constituent assembly. He later became President of the Portuguese Parliament. He was Minister of Education in the José Relva government . After Relvas resigned, he became prime minister himself for the first time. In addition to his three terms as prime minister, he also served as foreign minister in five different governments . After the coup of 1926, which ended democracy in Portugal, and during the years of the Salazar dictatorship he retired from politics and was until his death as head of the Douro - life insurance business.

predecessor	Office	successor
José Relvas	Prime Minister of Portugal 1919	Alfredo de Sá Cardoso

predecessor	Office	successor
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso	Prime Minister of Portugal 1920	Antonio Maria Baptista

predecessor	Office	successor
Antonio Maria da Silva	Prime Minister of Portugal 1925	Antonio Maria da Silva