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Returned to Portugal in January 1918 and was put under house arrest during the dictatorship of Sidónio Pais ; returned to diplomacy after the fall of Sidonist regime ; became minister to Spain ( 1919 ) and then again to the United Kingdom ( 1919 – 1923 ); a member of the Portuguese Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference ( 1919 – 1920 ); unsuccessful candidate of the Democratic Party ( Partido Democrático ) at the presidential elections of 6 Aug 1919 won by António José de Almeida ; delegate to the League of Nations, serving as Vice-President of the General Assembly ( 6 Sep 1922-30 Sep 1922 ); was elected in-absentia President of the Republic ( 6 Aug 1923 ), arriving at the port of Lisbon on 3 Oct 1923.