Arriaga
MANOEL DE, a Portuguese statesman, born in 1842 at Horta in the Azores. He was educated at the University of Coimbra, and after studying law he practiced in Lisbon. For many years he was a member of the Chamber of Representatives as a Re- ARROW publican. He violently opposed the monarchy and in 1911 took an active part in the establishment of the republic. On Aug. 24 of that year he was elected the first president of Portugal, serving until May 27, 1915, when he resigned as the result of the coup d'état of that year.
He was well known as a poet and a writer on economic subjects. He died March 5, 1917.