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Antonio Maria Bettencourt Rodrigues (São Nicolau,

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, March 5, 1854 – Monte Estoril (

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), 1933) was a doctor,

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diplomat and politician.

Family

He was the youngest son of José Júlio Rodrigues ( Salvador do Mundo,

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, May 6, 1812 -

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), Goan Catholic, Bachelor of Law of the Faculty of Law,

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, Delegate of Regal Attorney in

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, Court of Appeal judge of Luanda. His wife (Funchal, Sé, August 13, 1842) was Teresa Cristina de Sá e Bettencourt (Funchal, Sé -?).

Biography

A physician, Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris,

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in Paris in 1913 and 1917–1918, senator for the

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Electoral Circle in 1918, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Governments of

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and José Vicente de Freitas 1926–1928, during the

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, and President of the Portuguese Delegation to the

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."Os Luso-Descendentes da Índia Portuguesa", Jorge Eduardo de Abreu Pamplona Forjaz e José Francisco Leite de Noronha, Fundação Oriente, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, 2003, Volume III N - Z, p. 431 On 5 October 1927 he was awarded the

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. An important scientific work left by him was also published.Aleixo Manuel da Costa, "Dicionário de Literatura Goesa", Vol. 3, pp. 151 a 157

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodrigues, Antonio Maria de Bettencourt Portuguese people of Goan descent 20th-century Portuguese physicians 19th-century Portuguese writers 20th-century Portuguese writers Ambassadors of Portugal to France Foreign ministers of Portugal 19th-century Portuguese physicians People from São Nicolau, Cape Verde 1854 births 1933 deaths