Liberato Pinto

Liberato Damiao Ribeiro Pinto ( born September 29, 1880 † September 4, 1949 ) was a Portuguese military and politician from the period of the First Republic. November 30, 1920 to March 2, 1921 he was Prime Minister of Portugal.

Ribeiro Pinto resigned in January 1915 in the Democratic Party, for which he was elected in 1919 for the first time in the Portuguese Parliament. From 1914 to 1922 he was also chief of staff of the Republican Guard ( Guarda Nacional Republicana ). This was an elite military unit whose officer ranks was provided solely by supporters of the Democrats, and the very limited stood therefore under the control of the government, at least if the government was not contested by the Democrats. The Republican Guard introduced in the late phase of the First Republic a decisive factor represents power, and his position at the top of the guard owed ​​Ribeiro Pinto also that he has been appointed with the support of his predecessor, Álvaro de Castro as head of government. During his time as Prime Minister, he served also as interior minister and temporarily as acting as a Marine and Finance.

On 2 March 1921, he was forced to resign as head of government. Bernardino Machado, also from the Democratic Party and former President of the Republic, was his successor, this government was only of short duration. As of May 23, 1921 then ruled the liberal- conservative opposition, the Democrats lost so briefly power. This change of government meant that Ribeiro Pinto was fired as chief of staff of the Republican Guard. When the government then tried to prosecute Ribeiro Pinto on corruption charges, Ribeiro Pinto began his relatives daily newspaper " O mundo, a Imprensa da Manhã " a campaign with daily sharp attacks on António Granjo to lead his successor as prime minister. These attacks created the atmosphere in which finally resulted in a coup attempt against the government of the Republican Guard Granjo on October 19, 1921 to the assassination of Prime Minister Granjo ( "Lisbon Blutnacht ").

After the assassination of Prime Minister Granjo initially the Democrats related government came back to power, when the opposition was again briefly take power from the December 16, 1921, however ( Government Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal ) had Ribeiro Pinto in January 1922 because of corruption allegations even for a brief period in jail.

As for all democratic politicians ended the coup of May 26, 1926 ( the end of the First Republic in Portugal ) any political ambitions of Ribeiro Pinto. He retired as a private tutor from public life and died in a very simple financial ratios.