Álvaro de Castro
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| name =Álvaro de Castro
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| office =Prime Minister of Portugal
| term_start =18 December 1923
| term_end =7 July 1924
| president =Manuel Teixeira Gomes
| predecessor =António Ginestal Machado
| successor =Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar
| term_start1 =20 November 1920
| term_end1 =30 November 1920
| president1 =António José de Almeida
| predecessor1 =António Granjo
| successor1 =Liberato Pinto
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1878|11|9|df=y}}
| birth_place =Guarda, Portugal
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1928|6|29|1878|11|9|df=y}}
| death_place =Coimbra, Portugal
| party =Republican Liberal Party
later Reconstitution Party,
and Nationalist Republican Party.
| spouse =Maria Rosa de Meireles Garrido
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Álvaro Xavier de Castro ({{IPA|pt|ˈalvɐɾu ʃɐviˈɛɾ ðɨ ˈkaʃtɾu}}) was Prime Minister of Portugal from 20 November to 30 November 1920 and from 18 December 1923 to 6 July 1924.{{Cite book |last=Lentz |first=Harris M. |url=http://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofhe0000lent |title=Encyclopedia of heads of states and governments, 1900 through 1945 |date=1999 |publisher=Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0500-8 |pages=363}}
Early career
De Castro was born in Guarda, on 9 November 1878. He was part of the Constitutional junta that governed Portugal in 1915. He later served as Governor-General of Mozambique between 1915 and 1918. He was a prominent participant in the attempted coup of 11 January 1919 which took place after the assassination of Sidónio Pais.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
Later career
De Castro co-founded the National Reconstitution Republican Party. He was appointed Prime Minister, during a brief period (from 20 November to 30 November 1920). He was replaced by Liberato Pinto, an army officer.
He then joined a new party, the Nationalist Republican Party. He again became Prime Minister of Portugal, from 18 December 1923 to 6 July 1924. He died in Coimbra on 29 June 1928.
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{{Succession box | before = Joaquim Pimenta de Castro| title = Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Ministry)
together with:
José Norton de Matos
António Maria da Silva
José de Freitas Ribeiro
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso|years=1915| after = João Chagas (didn't take office)
José de Castro}}
{{Succession box | before = António Granjo| title = Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Ministry)|years=1920| after = Liberato Pinto}}
{{Succession box | before = António Ginestal Machado| title = Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Ministry)|years=1923–1924| after = Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar}}
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Category:People from Guarda, Portugal
Category:Portuguese republicans
Category:Prime ministers of Portugal
Category:Finance ministers of Portugal
Category:Portuguese expatriates in Mozambique
Category:Governors-general of Mozambique