Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho

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Count Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
61st Prime Minister of Portugal (7th of the Republic)
In office 12 December 1914 – 25 January 1915
President	Manuel de Arriaga
Preceded by	Bernardino Machado
Succeeded by	Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
Minister for the Navy
In office 12 December 1914 – 25 January 1915
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Joaquim Pimenta de Castro (accumulating all posts) (de facto)
Minister for the Navy
In office 29 November 1915 – 25 April 1917
Prime Minister	Afonso Costa (29 November 1915–15 March 1916) António José de Almeida (15 March 1916–25 April 1917)
Preceded by	José de Castro
Succeeded by
Minister for the Navy
In office 6 February 1922 – 6 July 1923
Prime Minister	António Maria da Silva
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Abel Fontoura da Costa
Minister for Foreign Affairs (interim)
In office 2 March 1922 – 28 March 1922
Prime Minister	António Maria da Silva
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Minister for Foreign Affairs (interim)
In office 26 August 1922 – 12 October 1922
Prime Minister	António Maria da Silva
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Domingos Pereira
Personal details
Born	12 November 1871 Macau, Portuguese Empire
Died	27 June 1955(1955-06-27) (aged 83) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Naval officer (Captain) and professor
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Portugal  Portugal
Branch/service	Portuguese Navy
Years of service	1888—1933

Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho, 18th Count of Azevedo GCC, GCA (12 November 1871–27 June 1955), was a Portuguese naval officer, politician and professor, at the University of Coimbra and later the Escola Naval (Naval School). He was a member of the Portuguese Democratic Party and served as the President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) for 7th government of the First Portuguese Republic (having led the country between 12 December 1914 and 25 January 1915). His government's composition was essentially made up of second-line political figures, and his government was jokingly referred to as "Os miseráveis de Victor Hugo" ("The miserables of Victor Hugo"), a play on the French author Victor Hugo's book Les Misérables.

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