José Antônio Saraiva (1 May 1823 – 21 July 1895), also known as Counsellor Saraiva, was a Brazilian politician, diplomat and lawyer during the period of the
Empire of Brazil
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay. Its government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Dom ...
(1822–1889). He held the position of
President of the Council of Ministers (post of prime minister) firstly from 28 March 1880 to 21 January 1882 and second 6 May May 1885 to 20 August 1885. He was appointed by Emperor
Pedro II to form a cabinet in the early hours of 16 November 1889, but did not assume the position because of the
Republican coup d'état. He was provincial deputy, provincial president,
minister of foreign affairs
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,
minister of war, minister of the navy, minister of the empire,
minister of finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...
, senator of the Empire of Brazil from 1869 to 1889 and the republic from 1890 to 1893.
1823 births
1895 deaths
Prime Ministers of Brazil
Finance Ministers of Brazil
Liberal Party (Brazil) politicians
Government ministers of Brazil
Members of the Senate of the Empire of Brazil
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