Duarte Pacheco

Duarte Pacheco
Minister of Public Works and Communications
In office May 1938 – November 1943
Prime Minister	António de Oliveira Salazar
Minister of Public Works and Communications
In office July 1932 – January 1936
Prime Minister	António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by	First person to hold the post
Minister of Public Instruction
In office April 1928 – November 1928
Prime Minister	José Vicente de Freitas
Personal details
Born	Duarte José Pacheco (1900-04-19)19 April 1900 Loulé, Algarve, Portugal
Died	15 November 1943(1943-11-15) (aged 43) Setúbal, Portugal
Education	Faro Lyceum
Alma mater	Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon

Duarte José Pacheco GCSE GCC (19 April 1900 — 16 November 1943) was a Portuguese engineer, minister of public works and mayor of Lisbon who made major improvements to the civil infrastructure of Portugal as a minister of the Estado Novo regime. He is considered to be one of the most notable Portuguese politicians of the 20th century.^[1]