Armindo Rodrigues de Sttau Monteiro (16 December 1896 – 15 October 1955), known as Armindo Monteiro, was a

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university professor, businessman, diplomat and politician who exercised important functions during the Estado Novo period. Monteiro was born in Vila Velha de Ródão. He served at the Ministry of the Colonies, the

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and as the Portuguese

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to the

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during the first part of the

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Armindo Rodrigues de Sttau Monteiro
'. História De Portugal. Accessed 17 June 2011. He died in

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, aged 58.

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1896 births 1956 deaths People from Vila Velha de Ródão Finance ministers of Portugal {{Portugal-politician-stub