| Francisco José Fernandes Costa | |
| Office: | Minister for the Navy |
| Term Start: | 16 June 1912 |
| Term End: | 9 January 1913 |
| Primeminister: | Duarte Leite |
| Predecessor: | Celestino Germano Pais de Almeida |
| Successor: | José de Freitas Ribeiro |
| Office2: | Minister for Foment |
| Term Start2: | 17 March 1916 |
| Term End2: | 25 April 1917 |
| Primeminister2: | António José de Almeida |
| Predecessor2: | António Maria da Silva |
| Successor2: | Herculano Jorge Galhardo |
| Office3: | Minister for the Navy |
| Term Start3: | 15 May 1915 |
| Term End3: | 17 May 1915 |
| Primeminister3: | João Chagas |
| Predecessor3: | José Joaquim Xavier de Brito |
| Successor3: | José de Castro |
| Office4: | Prime Minister of Portugal (but did not take office) |
| Term Start4: | 15 January 1920 |
| Term End4: | 15 January 1920 |
| President4: | António José de Almeida |
| Predecessor4: | Alfredo de Sá Cardoso |
| Successor4: | Alfredo de Sá Cardoso (reconducted) |
| Order5: | Minister of Finance (but did not take office) |
| Term Start5: | 15 January 1920 |
| Term End5: | 15 January 1920 |
| Primeminister5: | Himself |
| Predecessor5: | António Maria da Silva |
| Successor5: | António Maria da Silva (reconducted) |
| Order6: | Minister for Foreign Affairs (but did not take office) |
| Term Start6: | 15 January 1920 |
| Term End6: | 15 January 1920 |
| Primeminister6: | Himself |
| Predecessor6: | João Carlos de Melo Barreto |
| Successor6: | João Carlos de Melo Barreto (reconducted) |
| Order7: | Minister for Commerce |
| Term Start7: | 10 August 1921 |
| Term End7: | 19 October 1921 |
| Primeminister7: | Tomé de Barros Queirós (10 August 1921 - 30 August 1921) António Granjo (30 August 1921 - 19 October 1921) |
| Predecessor7: | António Granjo |
| Successor7: | António Pires de Carvalho |
| Order8: | Minister for Agriculture (interim) |
| Term Start8: | 30 August 1921 |
| Term End8: | 3 September 1921 |
| Primeminister8: | António Granjo |
| Predecessor8: | Manuel de Sousa da Câmara |
| Successor8: | Alboim Inglês |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1867 |
| Birth Place: | Foz de Arouce, Lousã, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Death Place: | Figueira da Foz, Portuguese Republic |
| Party: | Portuguese Republican Party (later Evolutionist Party, Republican Liberal Party and Nationalist Republican Party) |
| Spouse: | Maria Adelaide Borges de Menezes Parreira |
| Children: | Francisco José, João, Manuel, Leopoldina, Maria, Adelaide |
| Alma Mater: | University of Coimbra |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, jurist and high school teacher |
Francisco José Fernandes Costa (pronounced as /pt/; 1867–1925) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Portuguese Republican Party and later of the Evolutionist Party, the Republican Liberal Party and the Nationalist Party. He was civil governor of Coimbra, minister of the Navy (1912–1913; 1915) and Commerce (1921). He is most remembered for being the President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of the short-lived "five minutes government", who resigned the same day it was to take office, on 15 January 1920.[1] [2]