José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior

José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior [ ʒuˈzɛ ˈmẽdɯʃ kɐbɯˈsadɐʃ ] (born August 19, 1883 in Loulé , † June 11, 1965 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese vice admiral , politician and prime minister .

Military career

After attending the Polytechnic School, he embarked on a military career in the Navy . There he graduated from the Naval School in 1902. Between 1908 and 1909 he was stationed in the colony of Mozambique and was port captain there.

When the republic was proclaimed on October 5, 1910, he played an important role: As the commander of the cruiser "Adamastor", he took part in the revolt against King Emanuel II by taking the palace of the royal family, the Palácio das Necessidades , shot at. He was then promoted to lieutenant captain.

Political career

MP

Mendes Cabeçadas was a Freemason and staunch Republican who belonged to several parties throughout his life. In 1911 he began his political career with the election of a member of the Republican Assembly (Assembleia da República) . There he represented the interests of the constituency of Silves until 1915 . In 1915, 1917 and 1921 he was elected to the Republican Assembly for the constituency of Aljustrel .

Revolution of May 28, 1926

After the revolution of May 28, 1926, he became Prime Minister on May 30, 1926, first as Chairman of the Ministry (Presidente do Ministério) and, on June 2, 1926, he was also acting President as successor to Bernardino Machado . However, the republican policy he initiated soon led to criticism of his administration by the revolutionaries. After a meeting of the revolutionaries on June 17, 1926 in Sacavém , he was replaced two days later in his offices by General Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa . During the three weeks of his tenure, he reorganized his cabinet three times and took over the management of other ministries himself.

He then continued his military career. Between 1928 and 1931 he took on several positions in the naval arsenal: he was successively president of the commission for the construction of naval bases, president of the building commission, intendent and finally superintendent of the naval arsenal. In this position he was promoted to Vice Admiral in 1930 . Between June 1931 and October 1932 he was Deputy Commander in Chief of the Navy. He then worked for a short time in the civil administration of the colonies and was vice-governor of the Banco do Angola .

Estado Novo (1933 to 1965)

Between 1933 and 1947 he was the intendent of the Alfeite arsenal at Almada . In this role he was involved in failed coups in 1946 and 1947. For this reason, he was adopted into retirement in 1947.

However, he remained interested in politics well into old age. His last major political act was in 1961, when he was one of the first three signatories of the program for a democratization of the republic (Programa para a Democratização da República) .

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predecessor	Office	successor
Antonio Maria da Silva	Prime Minister of Portugal 1926	Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa

predecessor	Office	successor
Bernardino Machado	President of Portugal 1926	Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa

personal data
SURNAME	Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior, José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Portuguese Vice Admiral, Politician and Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH	August 19, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Loulé
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1965
Place of death	Lisbon