José Luciano de Castro

José Luciano de Castro Pereira Corte-Real (14 December 1834 9 March 1914) was a Portuguese politician, statesman, and journalist who served three times as Prime Minister of Portugal. He was one of the founders of the Progressist Party, of which he was the leader from the time of Anselmo José Braamcamp's death in 1885, onward.

José Luciano de Castro
38th, 43rd & 45th Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
16 February 1887  14 January 1890
MonarchLuís
Carlos
Preceded byFontes Pereira de Melo
Succeeded byAntónio de Serpa Pimentel
In office
5 February 1897  26 July 1900
MonarchCarlos
Preceded byErnesto Hintze Ribeiro
Succeeded byErnesto Hintze Ribeiro
In office
20 October 1904  19 March 1906
MonarchCarlos
Preceded byErnesto Hintze Ribeiro
Succeeded byErnesto Hintze Ribeiro
Personal details
Born(1834-12-14)14 December 1834
Oliveirinha, Portugal
Died9 March 1914(1914-03-09) (aged 79)
Anadia, Portugal
Political partyProgressist
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Castro was the head of government during the Pink Map crisis and the subsequent 1890 British Ultimatum. The crisis was one of the factors that proved decisive in the fall of the Portuguese constitutional monarchy on 5 October 1910.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Fontes Pereira de Melo
Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Council of Ministers)

18861890
Succeeded by
António de Serpa Pimentel
Preceded by
Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro
Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Council of Ministers)

18971900
Succeeded by
Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro
Preceded by
Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro
Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Council of Ministers)

19041906
Succeeded by
Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro


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