Manuel de Arriaga

Manuel de Arriaga

Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue was a Portuguese lawyer who served as the first president of Portugal from 1911 to 1915. Manuel de Arriaga also served as the first attorney-general, following the deposition of King Manuel II in 1910, and a Republican Provisional Government headed by Teófilo Braga he became president of the First Portuguese Republic.