Francisco José Fernandes Costa

Infobox Officeholder
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name =Francisco José Fernandes Costa
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order =
office =Minister for the Navy
term_start =June 16, 1912
term_end =January 9, 1913
monarch =
primeminister =Duarte Leite
predecessor =Celestino Germano Pais de Almeida
successor =José de Freitas Ribeiro

order2 =
office2 =Minister for Foment
term_start2 =March 17, 1916
term_end2 =April 25, 1917
monarch2 =
primeminister2 =António José de Almeida
predecessor2 =António Maria da Silva
successor2 =Herculano Jorge Galhardo

order3 =
office3 =Minister for the Navy
term_start3 =May 15, 1915
term_end3 =May 17, 1915
monarch3 =
primeminister3 =João Chagas
predecessor3 =José Joaquim Xavier de Brito
successor3 =José de Castro

order4 =
office4 =Prime Minister of Portugal
(but did not take office)
term_start4 =January 15, 1920
term_end4 =January 15, 1920
monarch4 =
president4 =António José de Almeida
predecessor4 =Alfredo de Sá Cardoso
successor4 =Alfredo de Sá Cardoso (reconducted)

order5 =Minister for Finance
(but did not take office)
office5 =
term_start5 =January 15, 1920
term_end5 =January 15, 1920
monarch5 =
primeminister5 =Himself
predecessor5 =António Maria da Silva
successor5 =António Maria da Silva (reconducted)

order6 =Minister for Foreign Affairs
(but did not take office)
office6 =
term_start6 =January 15, 1920
term_end6 =January 15, 1920
monarch6 =
primeminister6 =Himself
predecessor6 =João Carlos de Melo Barreto
successor6 =João Carlos de Melo Barreto (reconducted)

order7 =Minister for Commerce
office7 =
term_start7 =August 10, 1921
term_end7 =October 19, 1921
monarch7 =
primeminister7 =Tomé de Barros Queirós (August 10, 1921–August 30, 1921)
António Granjo (August 30, 1921–October 19, 1921)
predecessor7 =António Granjo
successor7 =António Pires de Carvalho

order8 =Minister for Agriculture
(interim)
office8 =
term_start8 =August 30, 1921
term_end8 =September 3, 1921
monarch8 =
primeminister8 =António Granjo
predecessor8 =Manuel de Sousa da Câmara
successor8 =Alboim Inglês

birth_date =birth date|1857|4|19|mf=y
birth_place =flagicon|Portugal|1830 Foz de Arouce, Lousã, Kingdom of Portugal
death_date =death date and age|1925|7|19|1857|4|19|mf=y
death_place =flagicon|Portugal Figueira da Foz, Portuguese Republic
party =Portuguese Republican Party
(later Evolutionist Republican Party, Republican Liberal Party and Nationalist Republican Party)
spouse =Maria Adelaide Borges de Menezes Parreira
relations =
children =Francisco José, João, Manuel, Leopoldina, Maria, Adelaide
residence =
alma_mater =University of Coimbra
occupation =Lawyer,
jurist and
high school teacher
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Francisco José Fernandes Costa, pron. IPA2|fɾɐ̃'siʃku ʒu'zɛ fɨɾ'nɐ̃dɨʃ 'kɔʃtɐ, (Foz de Arouce, Lousã, 19 April 1857 - Figueira da Foz, 19 July 1925) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Portuguese Republican Party and later of the Evolutionist Pary, the Liberal Party and the Nationalist Party. He was civil governor of Coimbra, minister of the Navy (1912-1913; 1915) and Commerce (1921). He is most remembered for being the President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of the short-lived "five minutes government", who resigned the same day it was to take office, on 15 January 1920.