government and minister of every ministry and on the following day transferred his powers, as president, to Cabeçadas. On 6 June, General Gomes da Costa marched on Lisbon's Avenida da Liberdade along with 15,000 men, being acclaimed by the people of the city. Five days later, on 11 June, Cabeçadas' units in Santarém demobilized. On 17 June, Gomes da Costa mobilized his units and demanded Cabeçadas' resignation. Cabeçada resigned and transferred his powers to Gomes da Costa. Gomes da Costa then tried to get the ministers associated with Sinel de Cordes to resign. Yet, on 8 June a group of generals and colonels tried to get Gomes da Costa to accept a formal position of President, but he declined and was imprisoned on the following day. Two days later he was deported to the Azores. General Óscar Carmona was appointed head of government and the Ditadura Nacional began. Timeline 29 May: The Portuguese Communist Party interrupted its Second Congress due to the political and military situation in the country. The Confederação Geral do Trabalho (General Confederation of Labour) declared its neutrality in all military confrontations. The 28.5.26 coup d'état spread to the rest of the country—influenced Mendes Cabeçadas, Sinel de Cordes and Óscar Carmona—and established the Ditadura Militar (National Military Dictatorship) against the democratic but unstable First Portuguese Republic. The Government of Prime Minister António Maria da Silva resigned. 30 May: The General Gomes da Costa was acclaimed in Porto. The president of the republic, Bernardino Machado, resigned. José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior became Prime Minister and President of the Republic. 3 June: António de Oliveira Salazar became Minister of Finance; however, he resigned 16 days after. 3 June: A dictatorial decree dissolved the Congress of the Republic of Portugal (National Assembly). In addition, by dictatorial decree, the leaders of all the Municipalities were sacked. The Ditadura Militar banned the Carbonária. The Ditadura Militar banned all Political parties. 17 June: General Gomes da Costa provoked a second coup d'état. 19 June: General Gomes da Costa became Prime Minister. 22 June: The Ditadura Militar instituted Censorship. 29 June: General Gomes da Costa became President of the Republic. 9 July: The Ditadura Militar forced General Gomes da Costa to resign—allowing him to go into exile. General António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona, of the conservative military wing of the Ditadura Militar, became Prime Minister. 15 September: A military coup d'état failed. 18 September: Another