António Maria Baptista

António Maria Baptista
Minister for War
In office March 30, 1919 – June 29, 1919
Prime Minister	Domingos Pereira
Preceded by	António Maria de Freitas Soares
Succeeded by	Hélder Ribeiro
Minister for Interior (interim)
In office April 20, 1919 – April 28, 1919
Prime Minister	Domingos Pereira
Preceded by	Domingos Pereira
Succeeded by	Domingos Pereira
74th Prime Minister of Portugal (20th of the Republic)
In office March 8, 1920 – June 6, 1920
President	António José de Almeida
Preceded by	Domingos Pereira
Succeeded by	José Ramos Preto
Minister for Interior
In office March 8, 1920 – June 6, 1920
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Domingos Pereira
Succeeded by	João Pedroso de Lima
Personal details
Born	(1866-01-05)January 5, 1866 Beja, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	June 6, 1920(1920-06-06) (aged 54) Lisbon, Portuguese Republic
Political party	Democratic Party
Occupation	Army officer (General)

António Maria Baptista, GCTE (Beja, 5 January 1866 - Lisbon, 6 June 1920; Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu mɐˈɾiɐ baˈtiʃtɐ]) was a Portuguese military officer and politician. When he was lieutenant, he fought in Portuguese Mozambique, during the wars of pacification against the Vátuas, led by Gungunhana. 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 Great-Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword (Ordem da Torre e Espada).