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The complete list of presidents of the Portuguese Republic consists of the 20 heads of state in the history of Portugal since the 5 October 1910 revolution that installed a republican regime. This list includes not only those persons who were sworn into office as President of Portugal but also those who de facto served as head of state since 1910.
Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais CavC OA CavA (pronounced [siˈðɔnju ˈpajʃ]; 1 May 1872 – 14 December 1918) was a Portuguese politician, military officer, and diplomat, who served as the fourth president of the First Portuguese Republic in 1918.
This is a list of heads of state of Portugal from 1139 to the present day. Between 1139 and 1910, Portugal had a Monarchy system, with all monarchs coming from a single ancestor, Afonso I of Portugal, although the direct lines were cut during the passing of time due to several events. In the almost 800 years of Monarchy, Portugal had four royal ...
The government initially claimed not to have received a letter to this effect and rejected the request on 4 March. Germany then declared war on Portugal on 9 March. [2] This made Portugal Germany's eleventh opponent. [3] Decrees were issued in Portugal on 20 and 23 April 1916 which not only expelled resident Germans but also reversed ...
Portugal: President: Lisbon Portugal: Assassination – shooting [82] Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves: 1919 Brazil: President-elect: Rio de Janeiro Brazil: Illness – Spanish flu [83] Yakov Sverdlov: 1919 Russian SFSR: Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee: Moscow Russian SFSR: Illness – Spanish flu or typhus [84] Manuel ...
On 9 November, Germany was declared a republic. By the end of the month, all of the ruling monarchs , including Emperor Wilhelm II , had been forced to abdicate. On 10 November, the Council of the People's Deputies was formed by members of Germany's two main socialist parties.
The President of the Republic, Bernardino Machado, resigns. José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior becomes Prime Minister and President of the Republic. 3 June: António de Oliveira Salazar becomes Minister of Finance, he resigns 16 days after nomination. The Congress of the Republic of Portugal (National Assembly) is dissolved by dictatorial decree.
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis.. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.