Manuel de Arriaga
1841–1917
lawyer · politician · deputy for Madeira · President of the Portuguese Republic
Republican lawyer who represented Madeira in parliament from 1882 to 1884 and in 1911 became the first President of the Portuguese Republic. He defended the republicans tried after the Ribeira Brava shooting of 1884, and a Funchal avenue and theatre bear his name.
1Mentioned in
- Representation in the Cortes — Elected deputy for Funchal in the November 1882 by-election.
- Representation in the Cortes — Elected deputy for Madeira to the 1911 Constituent Assembly, then President of the Republic on 24 August 1911.
- Levadas — President of the Portuguese Republic who signed the levada law of 20 April 1914.
- Unknown Soldier — Namesake of the Funchal avenue where the catafalque was erected.
- Terra (Ventura) — Namesake of the avenue formerly called Avenida Oeste.
- Chapel of Christ Carrying the Cross — Madeiran-born president of Portugal, namesake of the avenue on the former Jardim Pequeno.
- Popular riots — Republican candidate defeated in the 1884 election, who came to Madeira to defend those prosecuted after the riots.
- Constituição (square) — Person after whom the Funchal avenue built over the former square was later named.
- Political Parties — Elected deputy for Madeira in 1882, when the Republican party was organised on the island.
- Manuel de Arriaga Theatre — Former deputy for Madeira who defended the archipelago's interests in parliament and after whose death the theatre was named in 1921.
- Markets — Madeiran-born statesman after whom the Funchal theatre built on the market site was named.
- Real (square) — Namesake of the Funchal avenue that now includes the former square.
- Jardim Pequeno — The Avenida Oeste, whose construction destroyed the garden, was later named after him.
2Chronology
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The Republican party was organised in Madeira following the election of Manuel de Arriaga as deputy.
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A by-election for Funchal was won by Braamcamp without an absolute majority.
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A repeated by-election elected the republican Manuel de Arriaga deputy for Funchal.
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During election riots on the São Pedro festival day, troops fired on the people at Ribeira Brava, killing and wounding several; republicans, including José de Castro, were later prosecuted.
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Madeira elected its deputies to the Constituent Assembly of the Republic, among them Carlos Olavo Correia de Azevedo.
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Manuel de Arriaga, deputy for Madeira, was elected President of the Portuguese Republic.
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After Manuel de Arriaga declined the honour, the Funchal council renamed the theatre Teatro Funchalense.
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After Manuel de Arriaga's death the Funchal theatre was again named Teatro Dr. Manuel de Arriaga.
3Places mentioned
Abroad