José Mendes Cabeçadas
Acting Minister of the Colonies | |
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| 1926–1926 | Acting Minister of Public Instruction |
| 1926–1926 | Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1926–1926 | Acting Minister of War |
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| Born | José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior 19 August 1883 Vice-admiral) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |   Portugal |
| Branch/service |  Portuguese Navy |
José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior,
ninth president of Portugal (the first of the Military dictatorship) and prime minister for a brief period of time (from 31 May 1926 to 16 June 1926).[2]
Career
Mendes Cabeçadas was one of those responsible for the revolt on board the ship Adamastor, during the Republican Revolution of 1910. However he soon became disappointed with the regime he had helped to create. In 1926 he led the revolution against the First Republic in Lisbon after
Gomes da Costa had started it in Braga. Prime Minister António Maria da Silva resigned and, just days later (31 May), President Bernardino Machado named him prime minister. On the same day the President also resigned and Mendes Cabeçadas assumed the role of President of the Republic.[3]
As a
Mendes Cabeçadas joined the opposition to the regime for a third time, involving himself in several revolutionary attempts and subscribed to many manifestos against the dictatorship, until his death in 1965[4] during the period known as the Estado Novo (New State), headed by António de Oliveira Salazar.[3]
Personal life
Mendes Cabeçadas married Maria das Dores Formosinho Vieira (
Silves, 6 January 1880 – 22 December 1949) in Santa Isabel, Lisbon
, in March 1911. The couple had four daughters.
See also
- List of presidents of Portugal
- List of prime ministers of Portugal
- First Portuguese Republic
- Ditadura Nacional
- Estado Novo (Portugal)
- History of Portugal
- Timeline of Portuguese history
- Politics of Portugal
References
- ^ a b "Jose Mendes Cabeçadas - estado novo ist". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ a b "Mendes Cabeçadas - ANTIGOS PRESIDENTES: - PRESIDENCIA.PT". www.presidencia.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ a b "Museu da Presidência da República". Museu da Presidência da República (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ Autarquia 360. ""José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior: um percurso em defesa da República"". www.cm-loule.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-07.
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