António Maria da Silva, GCTE (; 26 May 1872 in

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– 14 October 1950 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese

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. An

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, he was a prominent member of the

Portuguese Republican Party The Portuguese Republican Party (, ) was a Portuguese political party formed during the late years of the constitutional monarchy that proposed and conducted the substitution of the monarchy with the Portuguese First Republic.Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

(President of the Council of Ministers) for four times, during the

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. 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

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, 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.

In popular culture

He was caricatured in the very first Portuguese animated film, ''O Pesadelo de António Maria'' (1923) by Joaquim Guerreiro.

References

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