Luís Teotónio Pereira (17 March 1895 – 13 February 1990) was a Portuguese

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and

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. He was born in

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, Sagrado Coração de Jesus.

Early life

Luis' father was João Teotónio Pereira, Jr. (

, 1869 - Lisbon, São Domingos de Benfica, 1948),

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of the Companhia de Seguros Fidelidade, and his mother Virgínia Hermann von Boetischer (Lisbon, Santa Engrácia, 1871 - Lisbon, 1969). Their children were Luis' younger brother, Pedro Teotónio Pereira, also a

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and a

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. His maternal grandfather was the Prussian Maximilian August Hermann von Boetischer, an

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who is linked to the installation of the

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s in

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Career

He was a

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to the , a

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to the

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and a

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of the

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during the Estado Novo and the government of

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, like his father

of the Companhia de Seguros Fidelidade,

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of the Grémio de Exportadores de Vinhos e dos Exportadores de Azeite,

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of the Order of the Industrial Merit.''Costados'', Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 118

Personal life

He married Alice de Azevedo Gomes de Bettencourt (

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, Sé Catedral, 31 December 1895 –

, Lapa, 11 June 1957) at the

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on 17 December 1919. They had six children. Pereira also qualified on a Course of

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(

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) with

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, daughter of Severiano de Bettencourt and wife Maria Adelaide de Ávila Gomes.

References

External links

Luís Teotónio Pereira's genealogy in a Portuguese Genealogical site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Luis Teotonio 1895 births 1990 deaths Members of the National Assembly (Portugal) Mayors of places in Portugal Politicians from Lisbon Portuguese people of German descent