Gomes da Costa
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Minister for War
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| In office June 2, 1926 – June 17, 1926 |
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| Prime Minister | José Mendes Cabeçadas |
| Preceded by | José da Conceição Mascarenhas |
| Succeeded by | António Óscar Carmona |
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Minister for the Colonies
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| In office June 2, 1926 – June 17, 1926 |
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| Prime Minister | José Mendes Cabeçadas |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Maria Vieira da Rocha |
| Succeeded by | Armando Humberto da Gama Ochoa |
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Minister for Agriculture
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| In office June 2, 1926 – June 3, 1926 |
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| Prime Minister | José Mendes Cabeçadas |
| Preceded by | António Alberto Torres Garcia |
| Succeeded by | Ezequiel de Campos |
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| In office June 19, 1926 – July 9, 1926 |
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| Preceded by | José Mendes Cabeçadas |
| Succeeded by | António Óscar Carmona |
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| In office June 19, 1926 – July 9, 1926 |
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| Preceded by | José Mendes Cabeçadas |
| Succeeded by | António Óscar Carmona |
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Minister for Internal Affairs
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| In office July 6, 1926 – July 9, 1926 |
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| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | António Claro |
| Succeeded by | José Ribeiro Castanho |
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| Born | January 14, 1863 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | December 17, 1929 (aged 66) Lisbon, Portuguese Republic |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Henriqueta Júlia de Mira Godinho |
| Occupation | Military officer (General, posthumously Marshal) |
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, GOTE, GCA, commonly known as Manuel Gomes da Costa (pronounced [mɐnuˈɛɫ ˈgomɨʃ dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]), or just Gomes da Costa (Lisbon, January 14, 1863-Lisbon, December 17, 1929), was a Portuguese army officer and politician, tenth President of the Portuguese Republic and the second of the Military dictatorship.
He began his military career by studying at the Colégio Militar at age 10. As a soldier he stood out in pacification campaigns in the African and Indian colonies, and also during the First World War (See: Portugal in the Great War). As a politician he was the person chosen by the right-wing revolutionaries to lead the 28th May 1926 coup d'état in Braga (after the death of General Alves Roçadas, their previous choice).
After the success of the revolution he did not assume power at first, entrusting the posts of President of the Republic and President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) to José Mendes Cabeçadas, the leader of the revolution in Lisbon. Soon the revolutionaries disliked Mendes Cabeçadas' attitude (which tried an approach similar to that of the late Portuguese First Republic) and he was replaced by Gomes da Costa in both posts in a meeting in Sacavém on June 17, 1926. However, his government lasted nearly as little as Cabeçadas' because on July 9 of the same year a new revolution led by Óscar Carmona overthrew Gomes da Costa, incapable of governing.
Carmona, already President of the Republic and of the Council of Ministers, sent him to exile in the Azores Islands, and made him a Marshal of the Portuguese Army. In September 1927, he returned to mainland Portugal, where he died in miserable conditions, alone and poor.
[edit] See also
- List of Presidents of Portugal
- List of Prime Ministers of Portugal
- Portuguese First Republic
- Ditadura Nacional
- Estado Novo (Portugal)
- History of Portugal
- Timeline of Portuguese history (First Republic)
- Timeline of Portuguese history (Second Republic)
- Politics of Portugal
| Preceded by José Mendes Cabeçadas |
President and Prime Minister of Portugal 1926 |
Succeeded by António Óscar Carmona |
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| NAME | Gomes da Costa, Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Manuel de (full name) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | President of Portugal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon, Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1929 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Lisbon, Portugal |
