Marcelino da Mata

Marcelino da Mata (7 May 1940 – 11 February 2021) was a Portuguese Army officer, born in Portuguese Guinea.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Marcelino da Mata was born in Ponte Nova, Portuguese Guinea and studied until completing the entire secondary education in Portuguese Guinea. When his older brother was conscripted into the military service he took his place. This began Marcelino da Mata's military career.

Military career

In the army, he distinguished himself as a

far-left in 1975 during a tumultuous revolutionary period called Processo Revolucionário em Curso (PREC).^[7]

Death

He died from COVID-19 related complications at the Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca Hospital (also known as Amadora-Sintra Hospital) in Amadora, Portugal, on February 11, 2021, at age 80, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.^[8]

References

^ Marcelino, Valentina (16 February 2021). "Marcelino da Mata. "As memórias foram enterradas vivas e nunca foi feito o funeral"" [Marcelino da Mata: "The memories were buried alive and the funeral was never held"]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese).
^ "Marcelo e várias patentes militares no funeral de Marcelino da Mata" [[President] Marcelo [Rebelo de Sousa] and Several High-Ranking Military Officers Were Present at the Funeral of Marcelino da Mata]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 15 February 2021.
^ "Tenente-Coronel Marcelino da Mata". Dos Combatentes da Guerra do Ultramar [Combatants of the Overseas War] (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
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^ Lobo Xavier, António [pt]. "Gostava que mais jornais tivessem referido que Marcelino da Mata foi torturado pelo MRPP" [I wish more newspapers had mentioned that Marcelino da Mata was tortured by the MRPP] (Interview) (in Portuguese). TVI. 18 February 2021.

^ Alvarez, Luciano (11 February 2021). "Morreu Marcelino da Mata, o militar mais condecorado do Exército" [Marcelino da Mata, the Army's most decorated soldier, has died]. Público (in Portuguese).

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[1] Marcelino, Valentina (16 February 2021). "Marcelino da Mata. "As memórias foram enterradas vivas e nunca foi feito o funeral"" [Marcelino da Mata: "The memories were buried alive and the funeral was never held"]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese).

[2] "Marcelo e várias patentes militares no funeral de Marcelino da Mata" [[President] Marcelo [Rebelo de Sousa] and Several High-Ranking Military Officers Were Present at the Funeral of Marcelino da Mata]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 15 February 2021.

[3] "Tenente-Coronel Marcelino da Mata". Dos Combatentes da Guerra do Ultramar [Combatants of the Overseas War] (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

[Lloyd-Jones,_Stewart_p._22-4] ISBN 1-84150-109-3
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[5] Mansabá
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[Munslow,_Barry_1981_pp._109-113-6] :10.1080/03056248108703470
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[7] Lobo Xavier, António [pt]. "Gostava que mais jornais tivessem referido que Marcelino da Mata foi torturado pelo MRPP" [I wish more newspapers had mentioned that Marcelino da Mata was tortured by the MRPP] (Interview) (in Portuguese). TVI. 18 February 2021.

[8] Alvarez, Luciano (11 February 2021). "Morreu Marcelino da Mata, o militar mais condecorado do Exército" [Marcelino da Mata, the Army's most decorated soldier, has died]. Público (in Portuguese).

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