Gomes da Costa
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His Excellency Manuel Gomes da Costa GOTE GCA |
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| 10th President of Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office June 29, 1926 – July 9, 1926 |
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| Preceded by | José Mendes Cabeçadas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Óscar Carmona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 95th Prime Minister of Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office June 17, 1926 – July 9, 1926 |
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| Preceded by | José Mendes Cabeçadas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Óscar Carmona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa January 14, 1863 Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Died | December 17, 1929 (aged 66) Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Henriqueta Mira Godinho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Military officer (General, posthumously Marshal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, GOTE, GCA, commonly known as Manuel Gomes da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛɫ ˈɡomɨʒ dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]), or just Gomes da Costa (January 14, 1863 in Lisbon – December 17, 1929 in Lisbon), was a Portuguese army officer and politician, the tenth President of the Portuguese Republic and the second of the Ditadura Nacional.
Gomes da Costa was born as the son of Carlos Dias da Costa and Madalena de Oliveira; he grew up with two younger siblings, Lucrécia and Amália. He began his military career by studying at the Colégio Militar at age 10.
As a soldier, he stood out in colonial campaigns in the African and Indian colonies. After Portugal had entered the First World War (See: Portugal in the Great War) on the Allied side in early 1917, he commanded the Second Division of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps. During the Battle of the Lys on April 9, 1918, the CEP lost 400 dead and around 6,500 prisoners, a third of its forces in the front line. Particularly Gomes da Costa's division was hit hard and was all but wiped out.
For his command in the war, he was made a general and a Grand Officer of the Military Order of Avis. Two years later, on 5 October 5, 1921 he received the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Avis.
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