António Maria da Silva
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Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) |
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Order: | 76th, 86th, 92nd and 94th (22nd, 32nd, 38th and 40th of the Republic) |
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Term of Office | (1st) June 26, 1920 - July 19, 1920 (2nd) February 7, 1922 - November 15, 1923 (3rd) July 1, 1925 - August 1, 1925 (4th) December 18, 1925 - May 30, 1926 |
Predecessor: | (1st) José Ramos Preto (2nd) Francisco da Cunha Leal (3rd) Vitorino Guimarães (4th) Domingos Leite Pereira |
Successor: | (1st) António Granjo (2nd) António Ginestal Machado (3rd) Domingos Leite Pereira (4th) José Mendes Cabeçadas |
Date of Birth | 1872 |
Place of Birth: | ? |
Date of Death | October 14, 1950 |
Place of Death: | Lisbon |
Wife: | Adelina Antónia Marques de Lemos |
Occupation: | Mining engineer, General-Director of statistics, General-Administrator of the Portuguese postal service |
Political Party: | Democratic |
António Maria da Silva, pron. IPA: [ɐ̃'tɔniu mɐ'ɾiɐ dɐ 'siɫvɐ], (1872- Lisbon, 14 October 1950) was a Portuguese politician. An engineer, he was a prominent member of the Portuguese Republican Party. He was Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) for four times, during the Portuguese First Republic. After his party victory in the legislative elections of 8 November 1925, he was invited to form government. He led a great campaign against President Manuel Teixeira Gomes, that forced him to resign. He would be the last Prime Minister of the 1st Republic, resigning two days after the 28 May 1926 military movement.
Preceded by Joaquim Pimenta de Castro |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) together with: José Norton de Matos José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro de Castro 1920 |
Succeeded by João Chagas (did't take office) José de Castro |
Preceded by José Ramos Preto |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1920 |
Succeeded by António Granjo |
Preceded by Francisco da Cunha Leal |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1922–1923 |
Succeeded by António Ginestal Machado |
Preceded by Vitorino de Carvalho Guimarães |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1925 |
Succeeded by Domingos Leite Pereira |
Preceded by Domingos Leite Pereira |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1925–1926 |
Succeeded by José Mendes Cabeçadas |