José Caeiro da Mata

José Caeiro da Mata GCC GCSE GCIH GCIP
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 4 February 1947 – 2 August 1950
Preceded by	António de Oliveira Salazar
Succeeded by	Paulo Cunha
Personal details
Born	6 January 1883 Vimieiro, Arraiolos, Portugal
Died	3 January 1963 (1963-01-04) (aged 79) Lisbon, Portugal
Citizenship	Portugal

Dr. José Caeiro da Mata^[a] GCC GCSE GCIH GCIP (6 January 1883 – 3 January 1963) was a Portuguese jurist, professor of law and politician.

Mata began his career in 1907 as a Professor at the University of Coimbra, before transferring to the University of Lisbon in 1919. He held several public and administrative positions in Lisbon and was rector of the University from 1929 to 1946.^[1][2] He was a deputy judge in the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1931 to 1936.^[3][4] Under the Estado Novo, he served twice as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1933 – 1935, 1947 – 1950)^[1][3] and the Minister of National Education (1944 – 1947).^[1]

Representing Portugal as Foreign Minister, Mata signed the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 at Washington, D.C.^[5][6]

Notes

1. Or 'Matta'.

References

1. "JOSÉ CAEIRO DA MATA" (PDF). parlamento.pt. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
2. "José Caeiro da Mata | ULisbon". ulisboa.pt. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
3. "Declassified: Meet the Signatories". nato.int. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
4. "Permanent Court of International Justice Individual Judges". League of Nations Archive. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
5. Cooke, Alistair (5 April 1949). "North Atlantic Pact signed: 'a shield against aggression' - archive, April 1949". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
6. "Declassified: Portugal and NATO - 1949". nato.int. Retrieved 25 April 2022.