Duarte Leite
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| Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) |
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| Order: | 58th (4th of the Republic) |
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| Term of Office | June 16, 1912 - January 9, 1913 |
| Predecessor: | Augusto de Vasconcelos |
| Successor: | Afonso Costa |
| Date of Birth | August 11, 1864 |
| Place of Birth: | Porto |
| Date of Death | September 29, 1950 |
| Place of Death: | Porto |
| Occupation: | Professor, mathematician, historian, newspaper editor, journalist and diplomat |
| Political Party: | Democratic |
Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva (Porto, 11 August 1864 - Porto, 29 September 1950), pron. IPA: [du'aɾt(ɨ) 'lɐit(ɨ)], was a Portuguese historian, mathematician, journalist, diplomat and politician. He graduated in Mathematics at the University of Coimbra, in 1885. He taught at the Politecnic Academy of Porto, from 1886 a 1911. He was also the director of the newspaper diary "A Pátria". As a historian, he published many studies, later compiled in "História dos Descobrimentos" (History of the Discoveries), in 2 volumes. After the proclamation of the republic, he was Minister of Finance, at the Augusto de Vasconcelos government (1911-1912), and succeeded him, as President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) and Minister of Internal Affairs, from 16 June 1912 to 9 January 1913. He was ambassador of Portugal in Brazil, from 1914 to 1931. He remained faithful to his republican and democratic principles all his life, and was a member of the Movement of Democratic Unity, during António de Oliveira Salazar's fascist regime, named Estado Novo (New State).
| Preceded by Augusto de Vasconcelos |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1912–1923 |
Succeeded by Afonso Costa |
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