Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais (Coimbra, 1 May 1872 - Lisbon, 14 December 1918), was a Portuguese politician, President in 1918. He was known as the President-King. Coimbra is a city and the capital of the district of Coimbra in Portugal. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Pedro Santana Lopes PSD Area 84. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Lists of office-holders | Portugal | Presidents of Portugal ...

He was an army officer and taught Mathematics at the Army school, and later, at the University of Coimbra. He became a member of Parliament in 1911, and would be Minister of Finance for a short period. He was ambassador in Berlin from 1912 until 1916, when Portugal joined the First World War on the Allied side. He was a Germanophile. The University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese state university in Coimbra, a city in central Portugal. ... The finance minister is a cabinet position in a government. ...  Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ...

On December 5, 1917, he led a coup d'état, and imposed an authoritorian regime. He was proclaimed President two weeks later, and elected on direct elections on April 28, 1918. December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A coup détat (pronounced kū dā ta), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

His short period in office has seen a warming of Church-State relations, the extension of the electoral franchise, and the smashing defeat of the ill-prepared Portuguese troops at La Lys, in France.

He escaped a first assassination attempt, but was shot on December 14, 1918, at Rossio railway station, in Lisbon, when he was preparing to board a train to Oporto, in order to quell a rebellion. Jack Ruby murdered the alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ...