João Franco Ferreira Pinto Castelo Branco (pronounced [ʒuˈɐ̃ũ ˈfɾɐ̃ku]; 1855–1929) was a Portuguese politician and prime minister in the last years of the Portuguese monarchy. Facing republican dissent, João Franco (who had become prime minister in 1906) established an authoritarian government in 1907. He was still in office when the King of Portugal, Carlos I of Portugal, and his son and heir to the throne, Luis Filipe, Duke of Braganza, were killed by republican revolutionaries on February 1, 1908. Franco was soon forced out (February 4) by Francisco Ferreira do Amaral; he never again held office.
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| Preceded by Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro |
Prime Minister of Portugal (President of the Council of Ministers) 1906–1908 |
Succeeded by Francisco Ferreira do Amaral |
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| Palmela (1st) - Linhares - Saldanha (1st) - José Jorge Loureiro - Terceira (1st) - Lumiares - Valença - Sá da Bandeira (1st) - Dias de Oliveira - Sá da Bandeira (2nd) - Ribeira de Sabrosa - Bonfim - Joaquim António de Aguiar - Palmela (2nd) - Terceira (2nd) - Palmela (3rd) - Saldanha (2nd) - Costa Cabral - Terceira (3rd) - Saldanha (3rd) - Loulé - Terceira (4th) - Joaquim António de Aguiar (2nd) - Loulé (2nd) - Sá da Bandeira (3nd) - Joaquim António de Aguiar (3rd) - Ávila - Sá da Bandeira (4th) - Loulé (3rd) - Saldanha (4th) - Sá da Bandeira (5th) - Ávila (2nd) - Fontes Pereira de Melo - Ávila (3rd) - Fontes Pereira de Melo (2nd) - Braamcamp - Rodrigues Sampaio - Fontes Pereira de Melo (3rd) - Luciano - Serpa Pimentel - João Crisóstomo - Dias Ferreira - Hintze Ribeiro - Luciano (2nd) - Hintze Ribeiro (2nd) - Luciano (3rd) - Hintze Ribeiro (3rd) - João Franco - Ferreira do Amaral - Campos Henriques - Sebastião Teles - Wenceslau de Lima - Veiga Beirão - Teixeira de Sousa |  |
