The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Almeida, Antonio José de
(äNtô´ny zhz´ d älm´d) (KEY) , 18661929, Portuguese statesman. A republican, he was minister of the interior in the provisional government after the overthrow of the monarchy in 1910. As leader of the moderate Evolutionist party, he was premier of a coalition cabinet in World War I and later (191923) president of the republic.