José de Castro

José de Castro
Minister for Instruction
In office May 15, 1915 – May 17, 1915
Prime Minister	João Chagas
Preceded by	Manuel Goulart de Medeiros
Succeeded by	Sebastião de Magalhães Lima
63rd Prime Minister of Portugal (9th of the Republic)
In office May 17, 1915 1 – November 29, 1915
President	Manuel de Arriaga (May 17, 1915–May 25, 1915) Teófilo Braga (May 29, 1915–August 5, 1915) Bernardino Machado (August 6, 1915–November 29, 1915)
Preceded by	Joaquim Pimenta de Castro (last Prime Minister) Constitutional Junta composed of: José Norton de Matos António Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro de Castro João Chagas (did not take office)
Succeeded by	Afonso Costa
Minister for Internal Affairs
In office May 17, 1915 1 – June 19, 1915
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	João Chagas (did not take office) Pedro Gomes Teixeira (de facto)
Succeeded by	José Augusto Ferreira da Silva
Minister for War
In office May 17, 1915 – July 22, 1915
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Basílio Teles (did not take office) Joaquim Pimenta de Castro (de facto)
Succeeded by	José Norton de Matos
Minister for the Navy
In office May 17, 1915 – June 22, 1915
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Francisco José Fernandes Costa
Succeeded by	N/A
Minister for Instruction (interim)
In office June 14, 1915 – June 19, 1915
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Sebastião de Magalhães Lima
Succeeded by	João Lopes da Silva Martins Júnior
Personal details
Born	(1868-04-07)April 7, 1868 Valhelhas, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	July 31, 1929(1929-07-31) (aged 61) Lisbon, Portuguese Republic
Political party	Portuguese Republican Party (later Independent)
Spouse	Maria Benedita de Castro Pignatelli
Children	Álvaro de Castro
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Lawyer, journalist, newspaper editor
1 From May 17 to May 29, 1915 with interim status.

José Augusto Soares Ribeiro de Castro (Valhelhas, 7 April 1868 - 31 July 1929), pron. IPA: [ʒu'zɛ dɨ 'kaʃtɾu], was a Portuguese lawyer, journalist and politician. He graduated in Law at the University of Coimbra, and was a lawyer in Lisbon and Guarda. A member of freemasonry, since 1868, he was originally a monarchist and a member of the liberal Progressive Party (Portugal), but he joined the Portuguese Republican Party, in 1881. He was the main redactor of the newspaper O Districto da Guarda, since its foundation in 1878, and the founder of the first republican newspaper of the province, O Povo Português, in 1882. During the Portuguese First Republic, he remained in the Republican Party. He was President of the Ministry (Prime Minister), after the failed attempt of general Joaquim Pimenta de Castro to rule without the parliament, and was in office, from 17 May to 29 November 1915.