Francisco da Costa Gomes
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| Born | 30 June 1914 Chaves, Portugal |
| Died | 31 July 2001 (aged 87) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Maria Estela Veloso de Antas Varajão
(m. 1952) |
| Children | 1 |
Field Marshal (honorific) | |
| Battles/wars | Portuguese Colonial War |
Francisco da Costa Gomes, 15th president of Portugal (the second after the Carnation Revolution).
Life
He was one of the eleven children of António José Gomes, (Santo Estevão,
Chaves, 27 May 1880 – Porto
, 18 February 1967).
On 8 December 1952, Gomes married Maria Estela Veloso de Antas Varajão (born 23 March 1927 in
Viana do Castelo
. The couple had only one son, Francisco da Costa Gomes.
In 1961 Costa Gomes, acting as under-secretary of state for the Army, was involved in a constitutional "coup d'état" headed by the Minister of Defense, General Júlio Botelho Moniz, that tried to convince President Américo Tomás to remove an aged António de Oliveira Salazar from the premiership.
In 1970 he occupied the post of Commander of the Military Region of
Angola, where he overhauled the chief-command and was the first to try to establish a military agreement with the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) against the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Liberation Front of Angola
(FNLA).
On 12 September 1972 he was called back to Portugal to occupy the post of Chief of the Armed Forces—replacing General
Marcello Caetano
in a public ceremony.
After the Revolution he was one of the seven military leaders who made up the
National Salvation Junta. Between 25 April and 30 September he was the second-in-command of the Portuguese state, behind António de Spínola
.
He assumed the Presidency of the Republic when named by the Junta after the resignation of Spínola on 30 September 1974, and occupied the post until 27 June 1976 when, in the first Presidential election, the Portuguese chose General
Field Marshal
in 1982.
Honours
National
Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (GCL, 5 July 2023)(posthumously)[1][2]
Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders (30 September 1974 – 13 July 1976)
Grand Officer of the Military Order of Aviz (GOA, 20 August 1971)[3]
Commander of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (ComTE, 2 November 1972)[3]
Commander of the Military Order of Aviz (ComA, 28 December 1953)[3]
Officer of the Military Order of Aviz (OA, 16 September 1950)[3]
Foreign
Brazil: Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross (21 November 1972)
France: Grand Cross of the National Order of Legion of Honour (20 May 1976)
Order of the Great Conqueror(20 October 1975)
North Korea: First Class of the Order of the National Flag (20 November 1975)
Poland: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (7 May 1976)
Romania: First Class of the Order of the Star of Romania (15 April 1976)
Senegal: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion (6 July 1976)
Yugoslavia: Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star (23 October 1975)[4]
References
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- ^ "Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Alvará (extrato) n.º 19/2023, de 4 de agosto". Diário da República n.º 151/2023, Série II de 2023-08-04. 4 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "GOMESU URUČENA ZLATNA SPOMEN-PLAKETA BEOGRADA". Slobodna Dalmacija (9509): 1. 25 October 1975.
Sources
- Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril da Universidade de Coimbra (2014). Costa Gomes, O Último Marechal [Costa Gomes the last Marshall] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: D. Quixote. ISBN 978-972-20-5518-5. Retrieved 1 April 2015.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link - Rodrigues, Luís Nuno (2008). Marechal Costa Gomes, No centro da tempestade [Marshall Costa Gomes, in the epicenter of the storm] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Esfera dos Livros. ISBN 978-989-626-103-0.
- "Costa Gomes". Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
See also
- List of presidents of Portugal
- Estado Novo (Portugal)
- History of Portugal
- Timeline of Portuguese history
- Politics of Portugal
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