National Salvation Junta
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Portuguese Republic República Portuguesa (Portuguese) | |||||||||||||
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• 1974-1974 | António de Spínola | ||||||||||||
• 1974–1976 | Francisco da Costa Gomes | ||||||||||||
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• Proclamation | 26 April 1974 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 14 March 1975 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Escudo | ||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | PT | ||||||||||||
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The National Salvation Junta (
communiqué of its president, António de Spínola, at 1:30 a.m. on 26 April 1974. The National Salvation Junta was the de jure
governing body of Portugal following the Carnation Revolution.
Purpose
The Junta was a pre-planned part of the national reform program envisioned by the Council of State. The Constitutional Law 1/74 of 25 April 1974 was promulgated in order to set this process in motion. The Junta assumed upon itself the power to choose the President and Vice-President.
On an interim basis, the Junta also exercised the functions of the
President of the Council (from 26 April to 16 May, when the MFA-chosen First Provisional Government of Portugal took power, headed by Adelino da Palma Carlos
).
Members
The Junta was composed of:
- General António Ribeiro de Spínola (President),
- General Francisco da Costa Gomes (Army),
- Brigadier Jaime Silvério Marques (Army),
- General Diogo Neto (Air Force - absent in Portuguese Mozambique),
- Colonel Carlos Galvão de Melo (Air Force),
- Naval Captain José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (Navy),
- Naval Commander António Alva Rosa Coutinho (Navy).
On 30 September 1974 the staff was reorganized:
- General Francisco da Costa Gomes (president, Army),
- Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Alberto Idães Soares Fabião (former governor of Portuguese Guinea, Army).
- Lieutenant-Colonel Nuno Fisher Lopes Pires (Army).
- Vice-Admiral José Pinheiro de Azevedo (Navy).
- Naval Captain Silvano Alves Ribeiro (António Rosa Coutinho, who was appointed the governor of Portuguese Angola.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Narciso Mendes Dias (Air Force),
- Lieutenant-Colonel Aníbal Pinho Freire (Air Force).
Abolition
Constitutional Law 5/75 of 14 March 1975 abolished the National Salvation Junta and established the Revolutionary Council of Portugal (Conselho da Revolução de Portugal), which included former members of the Junta.
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Interim presidents are in italics. | ||
References
- ISBN 978-0-7425-6793-1.
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