António Maria da Silva
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". António Maria da Silva, GCTE (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 26 May 1872 in Lisbon[1] – 14 October 1950 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese politician. An engineer, he was a prominent member of the Portuguese Republican Party.[2] He was Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) for four times, during the Portuguese First Republic.[3] After his party's victory in the legislative elections of 8 November 1925, he was invited to form a government. He led a great campaign against President Manuel Teixeira Gomes, that forced him to resign. He was the last Prime Minister of the 1st Republic, resigning two days after the 28 May 1926 military movement.
For his services, he was awarded with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword.[4]
In popular culture
He was caricatured in the very first Portuguese animated film, O Pesadelo de António Maria (1923) by Joaquim Guerreiro.[5]
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- 1872 births
- 1950 deaths
- Politicians from Lisbon
- Portuguese Republican Party politicians
- Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians
- Prime ministers of Portugal
- Finance ministers of Portugal
- Education ministers of Portugal
- Agriculture ministers of Portugal
- Government ministers of Portugal
- 20th-century Portuguese engineers
- Recipients of the Order of the Tower and Sword