Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas

Sousa Dantas
Sousa Dantas
	Sousa Dantas, c. 1865
Prime Minister of Brazil
	In office; 6 June 1884 – 6 May 1885
Monarch	Pedro II of Brazil
Preceded by	Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira
Succeeded by	José Antônio Saraiva
Preceded by
Further offices held
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 22 December 1884 – 6 May 1885
Preceded by	João da Mata Machado
Succeeded by	Marquis of Paranaguá
Minister of Justice
	In office; 28 March 1880 – 21 January 1882
Preceded by	Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira
Succeeded by	Rodolfo Epifânio de Sousa Dantas
Minister of Agriculture
	In office; 2 August 1866 – 12 July 1868
Preceded by	Antonio Francisco de Paula Sousa
Succeeded by	Joaquim Antão Fernandes Leão
Personal details
Born	21 February 1831; Inhambupe, Empire of Brazil
Died	29 January 1894 (aged 62); Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Political party	Liberal
Awards	Commander of the Imperial Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas (21 February 1831 – 29 January 1894) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Brazil from 1884 to 1885, noted for his efforts to reform slavery.^[1]

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