António Maria Fontes Pereira de Melo, primeiro ministro de Portugal

António Maria Fontes Pereira de Melo
Birthdate:	September 08, 1819
Birthplace:	Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Death:	January 22, 1887 (67) Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Immediate Family:	Son of João Fontes Pereira de Melo and Jacinta Venância Rosa da Cunha Matos Husband of Maria Josefa de Sousa Machado Brother of Jose Augusto Fontes Pereira de Melo; Maria Venância de Fontes Pereira de Melo; Alexandre Eduardo Fontes Pereira de Melo and Maria Henriqueta, I. marquesa de Fontes Pereira de Melo

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António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo GCTE KGF (Portuguese pronunciation: [%CB%88f%C3%B5t%C9%A8%CA%83 pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ dɨ ˈmɛlu]; Lisbon, 1819 - Lisbon, 1887) was a Portuguese statesman, politician, and engineer. He was the son of João de Fontes Pereira de Melo and wife and first cousin Jacinta Venância Rosa da Cunha Matos. Historically, he was a very important political figure, deputy, and in several occasions minister, six times Minister of Finance.
He is mostly remembered for conducting dynamic industrial and public infrastructure policy which become known as Fontismo (after his name). He implemented also educational reforms in accordance with the industrialization process started by him (see Instituto Industrial de Lisboa and Escola Industrial do Porto).
His younger sister, Maria Henriqueta de Fontes Pereira de Melo, wife of Vicente Rodrigues Ganhado, was granted the noble title of 1st Marchioness of Fontes Pereira de Melo.

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1819	September 8, 1819	Birth of António Maria Fontes Pereira de Melo, prime... Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
1887	January 22, 1887 Age 67	Death of António Maria Fontes Pereira de Melo, prime... Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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