António Maria Baptista

Infobox Officeholder
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name =António Maria Baptista
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order =Minister for War
office =
term_start =March 30, 1919
term_end =June 29, 1919
monarch =
primeminister =Domingos Pereira
predecessor =António Maria de Freitas Soares
successor =Hélder Ribeiro
order2 =Minister for Interior
(interim)
office2 =
term_start2 =April 20, 1919
term_end2 =April 28, 1919
monarch2 =
primeminister2 =Domingos Pereira
predecessor2 =Domingos Pereira
successor2 =Domingos Pereira
order3 =74th Prime Minister of Portugal
(20th of the Republic)
office3 =
term_start3 =March 8, 1920
term_end3 =June 26, 1920
monarch3 =
president3 =António José de Almeida
predecessor3 =Domingos Pereira
successor3 =José Ramos Preto
order4 =Minister for Interior
office4 =
term_start4 =March 8, 1920
term_end4 =June 26, 1920
monarch4 =
primeminister4 =Himself
predecessor4 =Domingos Pereira
successor4 =João Pedroso de Lima
birth_date =birth date|1866|1|5|mf=y
birth_place =flagicon|Portugal|1830 Beja, Kingdom of Portugal
death_date =death date and age|1920|6|6|1866|1|5|mf=y
death_place =flagicon|Portugal Lisbon, Portuguese Republic
party =Democratic Party
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occupation =Army officer (General)
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António Maria Baptista, GCTE (Beja, 5 January 1866 - Lisbon, 6 June 1920), pron. IPA2|ɐ̃'tɔniu mɐ'ɾiɐ ba'tiʃtɐ, was a Portuguese military officer and politician. When he was lieutenant, he fought in Mozambique, during the wars of pacification against the Vátuas, lead 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 suddendly while in office, after a Council of Ministers reunion, on 6 June 1920. He was posthumusly promoted to general and was decorated with the Great-Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword (Ordem da Torre e Espada).