Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho

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

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 Miserables.

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