First Portuguese Republic

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The First Portuguese Republic was the republican regime that replaced the monarchy in Portugal from 1910 to 1926, marked by political instability, frequent government changes, and significant social and secular reforms.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political regime
republic
alliedWith Triple Entente
capital Lisbon
characteristic frequent government changes
political instability
secular reforms
social reforms
strong anticlericalism
constitutionalDocument Constitution of 1911
continent Europe
country Portugal
currency Portuguese escudo
Portuguese real
endTime 1926-05-28
followedBy Ditadura Nacional
Estado Novo
governmentForm republican regime
hadColony Cape Verde
Macau
Portuguese Angola
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese India
Portuguese Mozambique
Portuguese Timor
São Tomé and Príncipe
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Ministry
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic
ideology anticlericalism
republicanism
secularism
introducedPolicy civil marriage
divorce legalization
expulsion of religious orders
separation of church and state
legislature Chamber of Deputies
Congress of the Republic
Senate
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
majorParty Catholic Centre Party
Democratic Party (Portugal, First Republic)
Evolutionist Party
Portuguese Republican Party
Unionist Party
notablePresident Bernardino Machado
Manuel de Arriaga
Sidónio Pais
Teófilo Braga
notablePrimeMinister Afonso Costa
António José de Almeida
João Chagas
numberOfGovernments more than 40
officialLanguage Portuguese
participatedIn World War I
precededBy Constitutional Monarchy of Portugal
replaced Kingdom of Portugal
sentExpeditionaryForceTo Africa
Western Front
significantEvent 1917–1918 military dictatorship of Sidónio Pais
28 May 1926 coup d’état
5 October 1910 Revolution
Monarchy of the North
Portuguese participation in World War I
Sidónio Pais presidency
startTime 1910-10-05

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Estado Novo (Portugal)
Estado Novo (Portugal)
precededBy
Coat of arms of Portugal
adoptedBy
Portuguese royal family ("Portuguese First Republic")
deposedBy
flag of Portugal
introducedBy
Government of Portugal ("Government of the Portuguese First Republic")
predecessor
Portuguese Crown ("Portuguese First Republic")
replacedBy

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