António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE[1], GCSE, (April 28, 1888 – July 27, 1970) was the Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He was the President of the Republic in 1951, as interim. He started and led the Estado Novo ("New State"), the authoritarian, right-wing government that ruled Portugal from 1932 to 1974.
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António de Oliveira Salazar | |
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Minister for Finances | |
In office 3 June 1926 – 19 June 1926 | |
Prime Minister | José Mendes Cabeçadas |
Preceded by | Armando Marques Guedes |
Succeeded by | Filomeno Melo Cabral |
Minister for Finances | |
In office April 28, 1928 – August 28, 1940 | |
Prime Minister | José Vicente de Freitas (April 28, 1928–July 8, 1928) Artur Ivens Ferraz (July 8, 1928–January 21, 1930) Domingos Oliveira (January 21, 1930–July 5, 1932) Himself (July 5, 1932–August 28, 1940) |
Preceded by | João Sinel de Cordes |
Succeeded by | João Costa Leite |
Minister for the Colonies (interim) | |
In office January 21, 1930 – July 20, 1930 | |
Prime Minister | Domingos Oliveira |
Preceded by | José Bacelar Bebiano |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Augusto Marques |
101st Prime Minister of Portugal (47th of the Republic) (7th since the 1926 coup d'état) (1st of the Estado Novo) | |
In office July 5, 1932 – September 25, 1968 | |
President | António Óscar Carmona (July 5, 1932–April 18, 1951) Himself (interim) (April 18, 1951–August 9, 1951) Francisco Craveiro Lopes (August 9, 1951–August 9, 1958) Américo Thomaz (August 9, 1958–September 25, 1968) |
Preceded by | Domingos Oliveira |
Succeeded by | Marcello Caetano |
Minister for Defence | |
In office July 5, 1932 – August 2, 1950 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Post created |
Succeeded by | Santos Costa |
Minister for War | |
In office May 11, 1936 – September 6, 1944 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Abílio Passos e Sousa |
Succeeded by | Santos Costa |
Minister for Defence | |
In office April 13, 1961 – December 4, 1962 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Júlio Botelho Moniz |
Succeeded by | Gomes de Araújo |
12th President of Portugal (4th since the 1926 coup d'état; 2nd of the Estado Novo) | |
In office April 18, 1951 – August 9, 1951 | |
Preceded by | António Óscar Carmona |
Succeeded by | Francisco Craveiro Lopes |
Personal details | |
Born | (1889-04-28)28 April 1889 Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | 27 July 1970(1970-07-27) (aged 81) Lisbon, Portugal |
Political party | Academic Centre of Christian Democracy, later National Union |
Occupation | Regent professor of Political economy and Finances at the University of Coimbra |
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