Alexandre Martins Pamplona Ramos

Alexandre Martins Pamplona Ramos (6 June 1864, Santa Cruz 4 February 1933) was a Portuguese physician and politician.

Biography Son of António Ramos Moniz Corte-Real and Maria do Livramento Martins Pamplona Ramos, Alexandre Ramos was the descendant of an important line of hereditary seigneurs from the Ramo Grande region of Terceira. His family was linked, on his father side, to Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real, the 1st Count of Subserra.

Medic A proficient scholar in medicine, the young Ramos completed his preparatory studies in Praia, before joining the Escola Médico-Cirúgica de Lisboa ("Lisbon Medical-Surgical School") where he became a surgeon, obtaining recognition and praise for his competency.

For a few months in 1925, he was appointed as the Civil Governor of the Autonomous District of Angra do Heroísmo.

Later life Alexandre Ramos married Hermínia (or Armínia) Amélia Moniz da Maia, and had five children.

He died of a heart attack on 4 February 1933, at home, along Rua de São João in Angra do Heroísmo. Accounts indicate that his last words were: ...if you believe in resurrection of man, there you will find us. A medic who believed in service and charity, rarely interested in the privilege of class and society, he died a pauper. He was buried the following day.