Arriaga, Manuel José de (1842–1917)

Portuguese president 1911–15. He was elected deputy for Funchal as a Republican in the parliament of 1882–84 and for Lisbon 1890–92. He took part in the revolution that drove King Manuel II from the country and was elected the first president of the republic in 1911.

Arriaga was born at Horta, Azores, of a distinguished family that was descended from Alfonso III of Castile. He studied law at the University of Coimbra, and, while there, was disinherited by his father for his republican sympathies. He wrote essays on jurisprudence and political economy.