António Maria Baptista GCTE (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u mɐˈɾi.ɐ βaˈtiʃtɐ]; 5 January 1866[1] – 6 June 1920[2]) was a Portuguese military officer and politician.[3]
When he was lieutenant, he fought in Portuguese Mozambique, during the wars of pacification against the Vátuas, led by Gungunhana. He was promoted to colonel in 1917.[4] 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 on 3 June 1920.[5]
References
- ^ Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira: ilustrada com cêrca de 15.000 gravuras e 400 estampas a côres (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editorial Enciclopédia. 1959. p. 143. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ Rosas, Fernando (2009). História da primeira República Portuguesa (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ediçoes Tinta da China. p. 445. ISBN 978-972-8955-98-4. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ Pedro Figueiredo Leal, Manuel Baiôa: António Maria Baptista: O bejense que chefiou o Governo. In: Diario do Alentejo, March 11, 2020 (Portuguese).
- ^ Serrão, Joaquim Veríssimo (1977). História de Portugal: A Primeira República (1910-1926) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editorial Verbo. p. 245. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS - Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". www.ordens.presidencia.pt. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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