Politician and military officer. He served as the tenth President of the Portuguese Republic from 29 June 1926 to 9 July of the same year, the second of the Military Dictatorship. He reached the function of head of state with that of President of the Ministry, which he held from 17 June 1926 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by a coup d'état led by Sinel de Cordes and Óscar Carmona. After World War I, in which he rose to greater prominence in the command of the 1st Division of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, he became actively engaged in politics, in staunch opposition to the dominant Democratic Party. In 1926, he was involved in the military and political movement that resulted in the 28 May coup d'état that installed a new conservative, authoritarian regime, known as the National or Military Dictatorship. Carmona, as President of the Ministry, sent him into exile in the Azores, and made him Marshal of the Portuguese Army, using the pretext that Gomes da Costa was "unfit for the post." He returned to mainland Portugal in September 1927 and died in poverty.
Politician and military officer. He served as the tenth President of the Portuguese Republic from 29 June 1926 to 9 July of the same year, the second of the Military Dictatorship. He reached the function of head of state with that of President of the Ministry, which he held from 17 June 1926 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by a coup d'état led by Sinel de Cordes and Óscar Carmona. After World War I, in which he rose to greater prominence in the command of the 1st Division of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, he became actively engaged in politics, in staunch opposition to the dominant Democratic Party. In 1926, he was involved in the military and political movement that resulted in the 28 May coup d'état that installed a new conservative, authoritarian regime, known as the National or Military Dictatorship. Carmona, as President of the Ministry, sent him into exile in the Azores, and made him Marshal of the Portuguese Army, using the pretext that Gomes da Costa was "unfit for the post." He returned to mainland Portugal in September 1927 and died in poverty.
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