Portugal experienced a right-wing dictatorship that lasted from 1926, the year in which a
military coup d'etat overthrew the First Republic, until 25 April 1974, when the dictatorship
was overthrown by another military coup. There were two different political regimes during
this long experience of authoritarianism. Crises and movements calling for the restoration of
liberal order blighted the Military Dictatorship established in 1926. Having failed to
institutionalise itself, in the beginning of the 1930s, the Military Dictatorship gave way to …

Portugal experienced a right-wing dictatorship that lasted from 1926, the year in which a
military coup d'état overthrew the First Republic, until 25 April 1974, when the dictatorship
was overthrown by another military coup. ere were two different political regimes during this
long experience of authoritarianism. Crises and movements calling for the restoration of
liberal order blighted the Military Dictatorship established in 1926. Having failed to
institutionalise itself, in the beginning of the 1930s, the Military Dictatorship gave way to …