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Afonso Costa

1871–1937 · 20th century

Afonso Costa was a Portuguese lawyer and leader of the Democratic Party who dominated politics in the First Portuguese Republic. As justice minister he drafted the 1911 law separating church and state, and he served three times as prime minister between 1913 and 1917, taking Portugal into the First World War. He died in exile in Paris after the 1926 coup.

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First Portuguese Republic

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