Antonio Paulino Limpo de Abreu, Viscount of Abaeté

Viscount of Abaeté
Abaeté, c. 1870s, by Modesto Ribeiro
Prime Minister of Brazil
In office 12 December 1858 – 10 August 1859
Monarch	Pedro II
Preceded by	Marquis of Olinda
Succeeded by	Ângelo Moniz da Silva Ferraz
Minister of Justice
In office 14 October 1835 – 3 June 1836
Preceded by	Manuel Alves Branco
Succeeded by	Gustavo de Aguilar Pantoja
In office 24 July 1840 – 23 March 1841
Preceded by	Paulino Soares de Sousa
Succeeded by	Paulino Soares de Sousa
In office 29 September 1845 – 2 May 1846
Preceded by	José de Almeida Torres
Succeeded by	Joaquim Marcelino de Brito
Personal details
Born	22 September 1798 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	14 September 1883 (aged 84) Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Awards	Order of the Southern Cross; Military Order of Christ;[1] Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa[2]
Coat of Arms of the Viscount of Abaeté

Antonio Paulino Limpo de Abreu, Viscount of Abaeté (22 September 1798 - 14 September 1883) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian magistrate, diplomat and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Brazil from 1858 to 1859.^[3]

He graduated in law at the University of Coimbra in 1820, he was an external judge in São João del-Rei, district ombudsman, judge, councilor, deputy general, governor of Minas Gerais (1833),^[4] minister and President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister). He was a senator of the Empire of Brazil from 1847 to 1883, and President of the Senate from 1861 to 1873.^[1]

As a diplomat, he carried out several missions in Montevideo and in the Argentine Confederation.^[4]

He was President of the Council of Ministers and simultaneously Minister of the Navy.