Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro

Rodolfo Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro ( born November 7, 1849 in Ponta Delgada on the Azores island of São Miguel; † 1 August 1907 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese politician from the time of the monarchy. He was leader of the party regeneration, various ministerial posts held and was three times (1893-1897, 1900-1904 and 1906) head of government of Portugal.

Life

Hintze Ribeiro received his doctorate in 1872 in Law at the University of Coimbra. At the time of Fontes Pereira de Melo, he joined its regeneration Party and was elected in 1878 for the first time in the Cortes. He soon became a close associate of Fontes. 1881, when Fontes again became prime minister, he resigned as Minister of Public Works in the government. Later he took over temporarily the ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs. As Minister of Public Works, he made an outstanding contribution to the laying of an undersea telegraph cable between Portugal and the Azores. After the government Fontes he was appointed a member of the Upper House, where he spokesmen of the opposition to the government of the Progressive Party was quick. After the death of Fontes Serpa Pimentel took over the leadership of the party regeneration, with this he succeeded in 1890 to come back to power party. In the government Serpa Pimentel Hintze Ribeiro took over the Foreign Ministry.

Portugal was involved at this time, especially in a fateful confrontation with Great Britain by the Portuguese colonial territories in Africa, the Foreign Minister was therefore probably the most difficult office, which was awarded in the government. Portugal controlled then only the coastal areas of its two large colonies Portuguese East and West Africa (present-day Mozambique and Angola) really, but not the hinterland. The country now launched the plan to expand the colonies in the hinterland so far that the two areas would touch so as to create a coherent, large Portuguese colonial empire in Africa. This plan clashed with British ideas who wanted to South Africa also connect their colonies from Egypt. The British introduced the Portuguese an ultimatum, given the realities of power politics of the Portuguese government had no choice but to accept the ultimatum to give up the expansion of the colonial empire so. The plan to create a coherent colonial empire in Africa, had taken care of in Portugal for nationalist enthusiasm, according to the great disappointment among the people, as he had to be abandoned. The government Serpa Pimentel fell over and so also Hintze Ribeiro lost his ministerial post.

1893 was the regeneration Party returned to power. Serpa Pimentel, at this time already sick, it refused again to take over the government, and suggested instead Hintze Ribeiro before, so the first time Prime Minister was. The first government Hintze Ribeiro remained until 1897 in office. 1900 died Serpa Pimentel, and Hintze Ribeiro took over the leadership of the regeneration party, this time in opposition. From 1900 to 1904 and again briefly in 1906 he was again Prime Minister. This last government was characterized by major problems. The uprisings in the Portuguese Navy and the increased popularity of the Republicans ( a demonstration, in which the Republican leaders Bernardino Machado said, was dissolved at Hintze Ribeiro's command with great brutality by the police ), eventually led to Hintze Ribeiro confidence King Charles I lost. On his resignation was followed by the dictatorial government of João Franco. A year later Hintze Ribeiro died in Lisbon.

Hintze Ribeiro married in 1873 in his home town of Ponta Delgada Joana Rebelo de Chaves. He had no children.

See also: History of Portugal, Chronology Portugal

• Prime Minister (Portugal )
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