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1925 Portuguese Legislative Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 8 November 1925.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 The result was a victory for the Democratic Party (Portugal), Democratic Party, which won 83 of the 163 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 39 of the 70 seats in the Senate. Following a 28 May 1926 coup d'état, military coup in 1926 and the subsequent Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo period, the 1925 elections were the last truly multi-party elections in Portugal until the 1975 Portuguese Constituent Assembly election, 1975 Constituent Assembly elections. Background In the 1922 Portuguese legislative election, 1922 parliamentary elections the Democratic Party emerged as the largest party but failed to win a majority of seats. Party leader Afonso Costa subsequently chose not to form government. Instead, António Maria da Silva, also of the Democratic Party, became Prime Minister on 6 February, leading a minority government su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Of Deputies Of Portugal (1910-1926)
Portugal has had two legislative bodies styled the Chamber of Deputies: *Chamber of Deputies of Portugal (1822–1910) The Chamber of Deputies of Portugal, alternatively translatable as the House of Commons and formally styled the Chamber of the Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation (Portuguese: ''Câmara dos Deputados'' or ''Câmara dos Senhores Deputados ..., modeled after the UK House of Commons * Chamber of Deputies of Portugal (1910–1926), modeled after the US House of Representatives {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estado Novo (Portugal)
The ''Estado Novo'' (, lit. "New State") was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the ''Ditadura Nacional'' ("National Dictatorship") formed after the ''coup d'état'' of 28 May 1926 against the democratic but unstable First Republic. Together, the ''Ditadura Nacional'' and the ''Estado Novo'' are recognised by historians as the Second Portuguese Republic ( pt, Segunda República Portuguesa). The ''Estado Novo'', greatly inspired by conservative and autocratic ideologies, was developed by António de Oliveira Salazar, who was President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 until illness forced him out of office in 1968. The ''Estado Novo'' was one of the longest-surviving authoritarian regimes in Europe in the 20th century. Opposed to communism, socialism, syndicalism, anarchism, liberalism and anti-colonialism, the regime was conservative, corporatist, and nationalist in nature, defending Portugal's traditional Catholicism. Its policy envisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Machado Santos
António Maria de Azevedo Machado Santos (10 January 1875 – 19 October 1921) was a Portuguese Navy officer, remembered as the "Hero of the ''Rotunda''" for his role in the 5 October 1910 revolution. He left a personal account of the revolution, titled ''A Revolução Portuguesa: Relatório de Machado Santos'' ("The Portuguese Revolution: A Report by Machado Santos", published in 1911), one of the most complete accounts of the preparation of the revolutionary movement. Soon after the Republican Party started to split into different parties, he was opposed to the politics of those put in power following the revolution. He founded and published the opposition newspaper ''O Intransigente'' ("The Intransigent"). He established the Reformist Party and took part in the failed military ''coup'' of 27 April 1913 that aimed to topple Afonso Costa's government, and later, in 1915, supported General Pimenta de Castro's government. On 13 December 1916, he led the failed Tomar Revolt and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reformist Party (Portugal)
The Reformist Party ( pt, Partido Reformista) was a Portuguese political party during the Portuguese First Republic, founded in the 1920s by the left-wing of the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo .... Defunct political parties in Portugal Liberal parties in Portugal Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Political parties with year of establishment missing Radical parties Republicanism in Portugal {{Portugal-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo De Sá Cardoso
Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso (6 June 1864 – 24 April 1950), commonly known as Alfredo de Sá Cardoso (), or just Sá Cardoso, was a Portuguese people, Portuguese Republicanism, republican politician of the Portuguese First Republic who served twice as List of Prime Ministers of Portugal, Prime Minister of Portugal. Life and politics Born in Lisbon, Sá Cardoso was the son of Adelaide Leopoldina de Sá Cardoso. He entered the ''Colégio Militar'' and then the ''Escola do Exército'', where his studies focused on artillery. He became an officer of the army and began a decades-long career that would eventually seem him promoted to the rank of general. In 1988, he was mobilized in the Luanda military campaign, occupying the post of secretary of the district government and governor of the fortress of São Paulo de Luanda, and from 1917 to 1918, he was integrated in the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps. He also served as a vogal of the Council for Ballistic Works. He became a Freema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro De Castro
Álvaro Xavier de Castro () was Prime Minister of Portugal from 20 November to 30 November 1920 and from 18 December 1923 to 6 July 1924. Early career He was born in Guarda, on 9 November 1878. He was part of the Constitutional junta that governed Portugal in 1915. He later served as Governor-General of Mozambique between 1915 and 1918. He was a prominent participant in the attempted coup of January 11, 1919 which took place after the assassination of Sidónio Pais. Later career He co-founded the National Reconstitution Republican Party. He was appointed Prime Minister, during a brief period (from 20 November to 30 November 1920). He was replaced by Liberato Pinto, an army officer. He then joined a new party, the Nationalist Republican Party. He again became Prime Minister of Portugal, from 18 December 1923 to 6 July 1924. He died in Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,39 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Night (Lisbon, 1921)
Bloody Night (Portuguese: ''Noite Sangrenta'') is the name by which the radical revolt that took place in Lisbon, on the night of 19 October 1921, became known. During the day, a coup led António Granjo's government to resign, but President António José de Almeida resisted appointing the rebels' government. During the night, a riot led by a "ghost truck" led by Abel Olímpio resulted in five people associated with the Sidonist regime being killed and one being gravely injured. Background António Granjo became prime minister after the 1921 Portuguese legislative election on 10 July gave his party ( Republican Liberal Party) a plurality, the first time the Democratic Party did not win elections since the 5 October 1910 revolution. Immediately thereafter, Republican radicals, which included the National Republican Guard, started to plot against the new government. Coup Between 5 and 6 a.m. 19 October 1921, civilians, members of the National Republican Guard and the Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Granjo
António Joaquim Granjo (27 December 1881 – 19 October 1921; ) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served twice as prime minister during 1920 and 1921, until his assassination. Biography Granjo was born in Chaves.Already a committed republican from his youth, well before the 1910 overthrow of the monarchy, he became a member of the National Constituent Assembly, elected on 28 May 1911. He gave up his constituency in order to join the army; during Portuguese participation in World War I, he saw combat himself, and upon returning home he wrote a book about his battle experiences. After President Sidónio Pais was shot dead, Granjo took action against the ''Monarchy of the North'', an attempt to restore a royalist regime in the north of Portugal, in 1919. He was President of the Municipal Chamber of Chaves, from February to July 1919. That same year he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, by the Evolutionist Party, later being a founder of its successor movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Cunha Leal
Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal (22 August 1888 – 26 April 1970) was a Portuguese politician during the period of the Portuguese First Republic The First Portuguese Republic ( pt, Primeira República Portuguesa; officially: ''República Portuguesa'', Portuguese Republic) spans a complex 16-year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the period of constitutional monarchy .... He served as 84th Prime Minister of Portugal between 1921 and 1922. References 1888 births 1970 deaths People from Penamacor Nationalist Republican Party (Portugal) politicians Prime Ministers of Portugal Finance ministers of Portugal {{Portugal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Portuguese Legislative Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 10 July 1921.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1542 Prior to the elections, the Republican Union had merged with the Evolutionist Party to form the Republican Liberal Party (PLR). The elections resulted in the PLR becoming the largest in Parliament, winning 79 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 32 of the 71 seats in the Senate.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1557-1558 The government that was subsequently formed lasted only a few months, as on 19 October (the " night of blood"), a military coup resulted in the deaths of several prominent conservative figures including prime minister António Granjo. New elections were held in January 1922. Results Notes References {{Portuguese elections Legislative elections in Portugal Portugal Legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Of No Confidence
A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or management is still deemed fit to hold that position, such as because they are inadequate in some aspect, fail to carry out their obligations, or make decisions that other members feel to be detrimental. The parliamentary motion demonstrates to the head of government that the elected Parliament either has or no longer has confidence in one or more members of the appointed government. In some countries, a no-confidence motion being passed against an individual minister requires the minister to resign. In most cases, if the minister in question is the premier, all other ministers must also resign. A censure motion is different from a no-confidence motion. Depending on the constitution of the body concerned, "no confidence" may lead to the dism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalist Party
The Regionalist Party ( pt, Partido Regionalista, PR) was a political party in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of .... History The party was established in 1921 and supported regional autonomy for the Beira region.Douglas L. Wheeler (1999) ''Republican Portugal: A Political History, 1910-1926'', Univ of Wisconsin Press, p269 It won two seats in the 1921 elections, and retained both seats in the 1922 elections.Daniel Melo (2007Regional civil society and state in 20th century PortugalHispania Nova, Vol. 7 References {{Defunct political parties in Portugal Defunct political parties in Portugal Political parties established in 1921 1921 establishments in Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
