Francisco da Costa Gomes
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| Born | 30 June 1914 Chaves, Portugal |
| Died | 31 July 2001 (aged 87) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Resting place | Alto de São João Cemetery |
| 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,
Biography
Gomes was born in Chaves, Portugal in 30 June 1914, he was one of the eleven children of António José Gomes and Idalina Júlia Monteiro da Costa.
On 8 December 1952, Gomes married Maria Estela Veloso de Antas Varajão, daughter of João de Campos Varajão and his wife Angélica Martins Veloso, at the Cathedral of Viana do Castelo. The couple had only one son, Francisco da Costa Gomes.
In 1961, 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
On 12 September 1972 Gomes was called back to Portugal to occupy the post of Chief of the Armed Forces—replacing General
After the
Following Spinola's resignation on 30 September 1974, Gomes was named as the President of the Republic by the reorganised Junta and served until 13 July 1976, when he was succeeded by General
Gomes died of respiratory failure at the age of 87 at the Lisbon Military Hospital on 31 July 2001. He was buried in the Alto de São João Cemetery.
Honours
National
Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (GCL, 5 July 2023) (posthumously)[3][4]
Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders (30 September 1974 – 13 July 1976)
Commander of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (ComTE, 2 November 1972)[5]
Grand Officer of the Military Order of Aviz (GOA, 20 August 1971)[5]
Commander of the Military Order of Aviz (ComA, 28 December 1953)[5]
Officer of the Military Order of Aviz (OA, 16 September 1950)[5]
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 (29 April 1976)[6][7]
References
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- ^ a b "Francisco da Costa Gomes, Museu da Presidência da República".
- ^ "A primeira biografia de Costa Gomes". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). 17 April 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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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