António Maria Baptista
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António Maria Baptista | |
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Minister for War | |
In office 30 March 1919 – 29 June 1919 | |
Prime Minister | Domingos Pereira |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | |
Minister for Interior (interim) | |
In office 20 April 1919 – 28 April 1919 | |
Prime Minister | Domingos Pereira |
Preceded by | Domingos Pereira |
Succeeded by | Domingos Pereira |
74th Prime Minister of Portugal (20th of the Republic) | |
In office 8 March 1920 – 6 June 1920 | |
President | António José de Almeida |
Preceded by | Domingos Pereira |
Succeeded by | José Ramos Preto |
Minister for Interior | |
In office 8 March 1920 – 6 June 1920 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Domingos Pereira |
Succeeded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | Beja, Kingdom of Portugal | 5 January 1866
Died | 6 June 1920 Lisbon, Portuguese Republic | (aged 54)
Political party | Democratic Party |
Occupation | Army officer (General) |
António Maria Baptista GCTE (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u mɐˈɾi.ɐ βaˈtiʃtɐ]; 5 January 1866 – 6 June 1920) was a Portuguese military officer and politician.[1]
When he was lieutenant, he fought in Portuguese Mozambique, during the wars of pacification against the , led by Gungunhana. He was promoted to colonel in 1917. He fought the monarchist uprising of 1919, and was nominated Minister of War in the same year. He, then, distinguished himself during a series of violent strikes, and a year later was nominated and became President of the Ministry (Prime Minister), on 8 March 1920. He died suddenly while in office, after a Council of Ministers reunion, on 6 June 1920.
He was posthumously promoted to general and was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword.
References[]
- ^ Pedro Figueiredo Leal, Manuel Baiôa: António Maria Baptista: O bejense que chefiou o Governo. In: Diario do Alentejo, March 11, 2020 (Portuguese).
- 1866 births
- 1920 deaths
- People from Beja, Portugal
- Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians
- Prime Ministers of Portugal
- Portuguese military officers
- 19th-century Portuguese people
- Recipients of the Order of the Tower and Sword
- Portuguese politician stubs