António Maria Baptista (; 5 January 1866 – 6 June 1920) was a Portuguese military officer and politician. When he was lieutenant, he fought in

Portuguese Mozambique Portuguese Mozambique () or Portuguese East Africa () were the common terms by which Mozambique was designated during the period in which it was a Portuguese Empire, Portuguese overseas province. Portuguese Mozambique originally constituted a str ...

, during the wars of pacification against the Vátuas, 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. He was decorated with the Grand Cross of the

Order of the Tower and Sword The Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit (), before 1917 the ancient and most noble order of the Tower and of the Sword, of valour, loyalty and merit (), is one of the four former ancient Portuguese milita ...

on 3 June 1920.

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1866 births 1920 deaths People from Beja, Portugal Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians Prime ministers of Portugal Portuguese military officers 19th-century Portuguese military personnel Recipients of the Order of the Tower and Sword People from Portuguese Mozambique 19th-century Portuguese politicians {{Portugal-politician-stub