Manuel Teixeira Gomes

Manuel Teixeira Gomes
7th President of PortugalIn office
October 6, 1923 – December 11, 1925Preceded by António José de AlmeidaSucceeded by Bernardino MachadoBorn May 27, 1862(1862-05-27)
Vila Nova de Portimão, Kingdom of Algarve, United Kingdom of Portugal and AlgarvesDied October 18, 1941(aged 79)
Bougie, French AlgeriaPolitical party Independent (Democratic Party)Spouse Not married Occupation Writer,
Diplomatand
Land ownerNickname(s) Presidente-escritor (President-writer)

Manuel Teixeira Gomes, GCSE (pronounced [mɐnuˈɛɫ tɐiˈʃɐiɾɐ ˈgomɨʃ]; May 27, 1860 - October 18, 1941) was a Portuguese political figure. He served as the president of Portugal between 5 October 1923 and 11 December 1925. Born in the region of the Algarve, he never finished studying medicine at the University of Coimbra, but become famous as one of the best Portuguese writers in the naturalist style. His best known novel is "Maria Adelaide". An independent republican, he was chosen to be the moderate Liberal Republican Party candidate, in the 1923 presidential elections, then held in the Congress of the Republic. He defeated former President Bernardino Machado, who was the Portuguese Republican Party candidate. He had to resign due to the strong campaign of defamation that Prime Minister António Maria da Silva led against him.

Official portrait of President Teixeira Gomes by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro.

He latter moved to Bougie, Algeria, where he lived the rest of his life, never returning again to Portugal, and always opposing the fascist New State regime.