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Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar

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Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
7 July 1924  22 November 1924
PresidentManuel Teixeira Gomes
Preceded byÁlvaro de Castro
Succeeded byJosé Domingues dos Santos
Minister of the Colonies of Portugal
In office
12 December 1914  25 January 1915
PresidentManuel de Arriaga
Prime MinisterVictor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
Preceded byAlfredo Augusto Lisboa de Lima
Succeeded byJoaquim Pimenta de Castro
In office
22 July 1915  15 March 1916
PresidentManuel de Arriaga
Teófilo Braga
Bernardino Machado
Prime MinisterJosé de Castro
Afonso Costa
Preceded byJosé Norton de Matos
Succeeded byAntónio José de Almeida
In office
29 June 1919  3 January 1920
PresidentAntónio José de Almeida
Prime MinisterAlfredo de Sá Cardoso
Preceded byJoão Lopes Soares
Succeeded byAlfredo de Sá Cardoso (as interim)
In office
6 February 1922  15 November 1923
PresidentAntónio José de Almeida
Prime MinisterAntónio Maria da Silva
Preceded byFrancisco Rego Chaves
Succeeded byAntónio Vicente Ferreira
Minister of the Navy of Portugal
Interim
29 June  7 July 1919
PresidentJoão do Canto e Castro
Prime MinisterAlfredo de Sá Cardoso
Preceded byVítor Macedo Pinto
Succeeded bySilvério da Rocha e Cunha
Minister of Agriculture of Portugal
Interim
7 July  22 July 1924
PresidentManuel Teixeira Gomes
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byJoaquim Ribeiro
Succeeded byAntónio Alberto Torres Garcia
Minister of the Interior of Portugal
In office
7 July  22 November 1924
PresidentManuel Teixeira Gomes
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byAlfredo de Sá Cardoso
Succeeded byJosé Domingues dos Santos
Personal details
Born(1865-08-08)8 August 1865
Funchal, Portugal
Died30 November 1938(1938-11-30) (aged 73)
Lisbon, Portugal
SpouseCarolina Maria Saavedre
Parent(s)Manuel Rodrigues Gaspar (father)
Maria Augusta (mother)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Portugal
Portugal Portugal
Branch/service Portuguese Navy
Years of service
1880s–1938
RankCaptain of Sea and War

Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (8 December 1865 – 1 December 1938) was a Portuguese military officer and politician. Rodrigues Gaspar was President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of one of the many governments of the Portuguese First Republic.

Biography

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He was born on 8 August 1865 in the Penha de França neighbourhood, in what is today's freguesia of Sé, in Funchal, to Manuel Rodrigues Gaspar, a carpenter and Maria Augusta.[1]

He was President of the Council of Ministers (Prime-Minister) in one of the First Portuguese Republic's many governments, between 6 July 1924 and 22 November 1924. He was also Minister of Agriculture between 6 and 22 July 1924.[2][3]

The political instability of the First Republic would make him take the positions of Minister of Education, Minister of the Colonies and last President of the Chamber of Deputies. He was also teacher at the Naval School.[4]

At the time of his death, on 30 November 1938, he was director of the Navy's Explosives Laboratory and president of the Technical Commission of Naval Artillery, holding the post retired Captain.[4]

He was married to Carolina Maria Saavedre, sister of Tomás Óscar Pinto da Cunha Saavedra, Baron of Saavedra.

Honours

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National orders

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References

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  1. "Registo de batismo n.º 113: Alfredo. Pai: Manuel Rodrigues Gaspar; Mãe: Maria Augusta". arquivo-abm.madeira.gov.pt. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. Página do Ministério da Agricultura[dead link]
  3. "ISCSP". Archived from the original on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  4. 1 2 "Os Mortos - Capitão de mar e guerra Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar" (PDF). Diário de Notícias. Arquivo Regional e Biblioteca Pública da Madeira. 1938-12-06.
  5. 1 2 "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Presidência da República Portuguesa. Retrieved 2015-02-04. Resultado da busca de "Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar".
  6. "CIDADÃOS NACIONAIS AGRACIADOS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-08-07.