António Maria da Silva

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António Maria da Silva

Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry)
Order:	76th, 86th, 92nd and 94th (22nd, 32nd, 38th and 40th of the Republic)
Term of Office	(1st) June 26, 1920 - July 19, 1920 (2nd) February 7, 1922 - November 15, 1923 (3rd) July 1, 1925 - August 1, 1925 (4th) December 18, 1925 - May 30, 1926
Predecessor:	(1st) José Ramos Preto (2nd) Francisco da Cunha Leal (3rd) Vitorino Guimarães (4th) Domingos Leite Pereira
Successor:	(1st) António Granjo (2nd) António Ginestal Machado (3rd) Domingos Leite Pereira (4th) José Mendes Cabeçadas
Date of Birth	1872
Place of Birth:	?
Date of Death	October 14, 1950
Place of Death:	Lisbon
Wife:	Adelina Antónia Marques de Lemos
Occupation:	Mining engineer, General-Director of statistics, General-Administrator of the Portuguese postal service
Political Party:	Democratic

António Maria da Silva, pron. IPA: [ɐ̃'tɔniu mɐ'ɾiɐ dɐ 'siɫvɐ], (1872- Lisbon, 14 October 1950) was a Portuguese politician. An engineer, he was a prominent member of the Portuguese Republican Party. He was Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) for four times, during the Portuguese First Republic. After his party victory in the legislative elections of 8 November 1925, he was invited to form government. He led a great campaign against President Manuel Teixeira Gomes, that forced him to resign. He would be the last Prime Minister of the 1st Republic, resigning two days after the 28 May 1926 military movement.

Preceded by: Joaquim Pimenta de Castro	Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) together with: José Norton de Matos José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro de Castro 1920	Succeeded by: João Chagas (did't take office) José de Castro
Preceded by: José Ramos Preto	Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1920	Succeeded by: António Granjo
Preceded by: Francisco da Cunha Leal	Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1922–1923	Succeeded by: António Ginestal Machado
Preceded by: Vitorino de Carvalho Guimarães	Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1925	Succeeded by: Domingos Leite Pereira
Preceded by: Domingos Leite Pereira	Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Ministry) 1925–1926	Succeeded by: José Mendes Cabeçadas

Prime Ministers of Portugal during the First Republic (1910-1926)

Teófilo Braga - João Chagas - Augusto de Vasconcelos - Duarte Leite - Afonso Costa - Bernardino Machado - Azevedo Coutinho - Pimenta de Castro - Constitutional Junta - João Chagas (2nd; didn't take office) - José de Castro - Afonso Costa (2nd) - António José de Almeida - Afonso Costa (3rd) - Sidónio Pais - Canto e Castro - Tamagnini Barbosa - José Relvas - Domingos Pereira - Sá Cardoso - Fernandes Costa (didn't take office) - Sá Cardoso (reconducted) - Domingos Pereira (2nd) - António Maria Baptista - Ramos Preto - António Maria da Silva - António Granjo - Álvaro de Castro - Liberato Pinto - Bernardino Machado (2nd) - Barros Queirós - António Granjo (2nd) - Manuel Maria Coelho - Maia Pinto - Cunha Leal - António Maria da Silva (2nd) - Ginestal Machado - Álvaro de Castro (2nd) - Rodrigues Gaspar - Domingues dos Santos - Vitorino Guimarães - António Maria da Silva (3rd) - Domingos Pereira (3rd) - António Maria da Silva (4th)