João de Fontes Pereira de Melo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Elvas, Portalegre District, Portugal
About João de Fontes Pereira de Melo
- João de Fontes Pereira de Melo (25 January 1780 – 28 October 1856) was a Portuguese politician and a general in the 19th century.
- He was colonial governor of Cape Verde and Minister of the Maritime and Overseas.He served two terms as colonial governor of Cape Verde: from 1839 to 1842, and from 28 June 1848 to 23 August 1851.
- From 22 August to 18 December 1847, he was the Maritime and Overseas minister under the Duke of Saldanha.
- He succeeded João Gualberto de Oliveira (the Count of Tojal) and was succeeded by Agostinho Albano.
- He was the father of the Portuguese prime minister António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo.
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