Manuel Gomes da Costa

His Excellency Marshal Manuel Gomes da Costa GOA GOTE GCA
Gomes da Costa in 1918
President of Portugal
In office 17 June 1926[1] – 9 July 1926
Preceded by	José Mendes Cabeçadas
Succeeded by	Óscar Carmona
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office 17 June 1926 – 9 July 1926
Preceded by	José Mendes Cabeçadas
Succeeded by	Óscar Carmona
Ministerial offices
1926–1926	Acting Minister of the Interior
1926–1926	Minister of the Interior
1926–1926	Minister of War
1926–1926	Acting Minister of the Colonies
1926–1926	Minister-designate of Agriculture
Personal details
Born	Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (1863-01-14)14 January 1863 Lisbon, Portugal
Died	17 December 1929(1929-12-17) (aged 66) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Henriqueta Mira Godinho
Occupation	Military officer (General, posthumously Marshal)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Portuguese Second Republic

Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa GOA, GOTE, GCA, commonly known as Manuel Gomes da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛl ˈɣomɨʒ ðɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]) or just Gomes da Costa (14 January 1863 – 17 December 1929), was a Portuguese army officer and politician, the tenth president of Portugal and the second of the National Dictatorship.

Gomes da Costa had a distinguished military career in the country's colonies, from 1893 to 1915, in India, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé, having served under the command of Mouzinho de Albuquerque. After World War I, in which he rose to greater prominence in the command of the 1st Division of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps, he became actively engaged in politics, in staunch opposition to the dominant Democratic Party.

In 1926, he was involved in the military and political movement that resulted in the 28 May 1926 coup d'état that inaugurated a new conservative, authoritarian regime. Following the military coup, Gomes da Costa deposed moderate José Mendes Cabeçadas, who had received executive and presidential power from the removed Prime Minister António Maria da Silva and President Bernardino Machado, briefly holding the headship of government and of state in the summer of that year, until he was himself removed by another coup, to be replaced by Óscar Carmona.