Ditadura Nacional

Portuguese Republic
República Portuguesa (Portuguese)
1926–1933
Anthem: A Portuguesa (Portuguese)
The Portuguese
The Portuguese Empire during the 20th century
CapitalLisbon
Common languagesPortuguese
Demonym(s)Portuguese
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary republic under a military dictatorship
President 
 1926 (MayJune)
José Mendes Cabeçadas
 1926 (JuneJuly)
Manuel Gomes da Costa
 19261933
Óscar Carmona
Prime Minister 
 1926 (MayJune)
José Mendes Cabeçadas
 1926 (JuneJuly)
Manuel Gomes da Costa
 19261928
Óscar Carmona
 19281929
José Vicente de Freitas
 19291930
Artur Ivens Ferraz
 19301932
Domingos Oliveira
 19321933
António de Oliveira Salazar
Historical eraInterwar period
29 May 1926
19 March 1933
CurrencyEscudo
Preceded by
Succeeded by
First Portuguese Republic
Estado Novo (Portugal)

The Ditadura Nacional (Portuguese pronunciation: [ditɐˈðuɾɐ nɐsiuˈnal], National Dictatorship) is the name given to the regime that governed Portugal from the end of the First Portuguese Republic with the 28 May 1926 coup d'état, until the adoption of a new constitution in 1933 that ushered in the so-called Estado Novo. The term Ditadura Militar is also used by some to describe the first stages of the dictatorship, while other authors use for the entire period.

The Ditadura Nacional and Estado Novo together constitute the historiographical period known as the Second Portuguese Republic, which lasted until 25 April 1974.