[1] Vasconcelos was a Minister of Portuguese Colonies under the José Domingues do Santos government from 22 November 1924 to 15 February 1925.
[2] He was an alumni at the Escola de Guerra (War School) in Lisbon and worked at the customs house for the province of Cape Verde on June 2, 1905 in Fogo.
A Republican person since he was a student, he supported the Proclamation of the Portuguese Republic as the Evolutionist Party member.
He took part in writing continental newspapers including República and Popular e Gazeta das Colónias.
[3] He also published Vôos d'Ícaro (Icarus' Voice) in Coimbra in 1901 alongside João R. de Moura Marques[4]