António Maria Baptista (; 5 January 1866 – 6 June 1920) was a

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military officer and politician.Pedro Figueiredo Leal, Manuel Baiôa
''António Maria Baptista: O bejense que chefiou o Governo.''
In: ''Diario do Alentejo,'' March 11, 2020 (Portuguese). When he was lieutenant, he fought in

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, during the wars of pacification against the Vátuas, led by

Gungunhana Ngungunyane, also known as Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, N'gungunhana, or Gungunhana Reinaldo Frederico Gungunhana, (c. 1850 – 23 December 1906) was a tribal king and vassal of the Portuguese Empire, who rebelled, was defeated by General Joaqu ...

. He was promoted to colonel in 1917. 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 and was decorated with the Grand Cross of the

Order of the Tower and Sword The Ancient and Most Noble Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of the Valour, Loyalty and Merit ( pt, Antiga e Muito Nobre Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada, do Valor, Lealdade e Mérito), before 1910 Royal Military Order of the Tower an ...

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1866 births 1920 deaths People from Beja, Portugal Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians Prime Ministers of Portugal Portuguese military officers 19th-century Portuguese people Recipients of the Order of the Tower and Sword {{Portugal-politician-stub