Background
He was the son of João Antunes de Sousa Guimarães and Amélia Augusta de Carvalho.
He was the son of João Antunes de Sousa Guimarães and Amélia Augusta de Carvalho.
He entered the School of the Army in 1901, graduating as official of military administration and initiating a career that united a passage in the area of the military administration. He integrated committee to after militate bred for the announcement of the Republic and its implantation. In 1925, he became Chairman of the board of Ministers of one of the governments of First Portuguese Republic.
In 1911 he was elected member of the house of representatives to the Constituent Congress, for the electoral circle of Bragança.