António Maria da Silva

António Maria da Silva, GCTE (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu mɐˈɾiɐ ðɐ ˈsilvɐ]; 26 May 1872 in Lisbon – 14 October 1950 in Lisbon) 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.

António Maria da Silva
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office 18 December 1925 – 29 May 1926
President	Bernardino Machado
Preceded by	Domingos Pereira
Succeeded by	National Salvation Junta
In office 2 July 1925 – 1 August 1925
President	Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Preceded by	Vitorino Guimarães
Succeeded by	Domingos Pereira
In office 6 February 1922 – 15 November 1923
President	António José de Almeida Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Preceded by	Francisco da Cunha Leal
Succeeded by	António Ginestal Machado
In office 26 June 1920 – 19 July 1920
President	José Ramos Preto
Preceded by	António Maria Baptista
Succeeded by	António Granjo
Personal details
Born	26 May 1872 Lisbon, Portugal
Died	14 October 1950(1950-10-14) (aged 78) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse	Adelina Antónia Marques de Lemos
Children	Maria Manuela
Alma mater	University of Coimbra
Occupation	Mining engineer
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In popular culture

He was caricatured in the very first Portuguese animated film, O Pesadelo de António Maria (1923) by Joaquim Guerreiro.