Francisco José Fernandes Costa

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Francisco José Fernandes Costa
Francisco José Fernandes Costa
Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Ministry)
Order: Not applied since he didn't take office
Term of Office January 15, 1920
Predecessor: Alfredo de Sá Cardoso
Successor: Alfredo de Sá Cardoso (reconducted)
Date of Birth April 19, 1857
Place of Birth: Foz de Arouce, Lousã
Date of Death July 19, 1925
Place of Death: Figueira da Foz
Wife: Maria Adelaide Borges de Mezes Pereira
Occupation: Lawyer and Civil Governor of Coimbra
Political Party: Nationalist Republican

Francisco José Fernandes Costa, pron. IPA: [fɾɐ̃'siʃku ʒu'zɛ fɨɾ'nɐ̃dɨʃ 'kɔʃtɐ], (Foz de Arouce, Lousã, 19 April 1857 - Figueira da Foz, 19 July 1925) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Portuguese Republican Party and later of the Evolutionist Pary, the Liberal Party and the Nationalist Party. He was civil governor of Coimbra, minister of the Navy (1912-1913; 1915) and Commerce (1921). He is most remembered for being the President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of the short-lived "five minutes government", who resigned the same day it was to take office, on 15 January 1920.

Preceded by
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso
Prime Minister of Portugal
(President of the Ministry)

1920
Succeeded by
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso