José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (; 5 June 1917 – 10 August 1983) was a Portuguese
political figure
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, reformer and revolutionary. He helped overthrow
Marcelo Caetano
Marcelo José das Neves Alves Caetano (; 17 August 1906 – 26 October 1980) was a Portuguese politician and scholar. He was the second and last leader of the Estado Novo after succeeding António Salazar. He served as prime minister from 196 ...
in 1974. He served as the 104th
Prime Minister of Portugal between 19 September 1975 and 23 June 1976. He ran for president in 1976, and lost.
Pinheiro de Azevedo was born on 5 June 1917 in
Luanda
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, but moved to Portugal several years later. In the 1960s, he joined the Movement for Democratic Unity and was a supporter of the Presidential candidacies of
José Norton de Matos,
Manuel Quintão Meireles and
Humberto Delgado
Humberto da Silva Delgado, ComC, GCA, GOA, ComA, OA, ComSE, GCL, OIP, CBE (Portuguese pronunciation: ©Ëˆbɛɾtu dɛɫˈɡadu 15 May 1906 – 13 February 1965) was a General of the Portuguese Air Force, diplomat and politician.
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Pinheiro de Azevedo served in the
Portuguese Colonial War
The Portuguese Colonial War ( pt, Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War () or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (), and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican War of Independence, ...
, as an admiral in charge of the maritime defense of
Angola
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After the
Revolution of 25 April 1974, he was appointed to the
National Salvation Junta, and was committed to the cause of democratization in Portugal.
On 29 August 1975 he became Prime Minister of the Sixth Provisional Government replacing ousted Prime Minister
Vasco Gonçalves.
At the end of his tenure as Prime Minister, he was replaced for the final 30 days by Vasco Almeida e Costa, Minister of Internal Administration. Pinheiro had suffered a heart attack on 23 June while campaigning in
Oporto["Lisbon Premier Stricken in Presidential Campaign", by Marvine Howe, ''The New York Times'', 24 June 1976, p. 6] for the Portuguese presidency as one of the independent candidates in the 27 June presidential election. He was taken to a hospital and was still recovering when President
António Ramalho Eanes appointed
Mario Soares as the new premier.
Presidential Elections of 27 June 1976
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António Ramalho Eanes
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Independent
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Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
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Independent
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Independent
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Octávio Rodrigues Pato
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Portuguese Communist Party
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Comissão Nacional de Eleições
References
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1917 births
1983 deaths
People from Luanda
Prime Ministers of Portugal
Candidates for President of Portugal
Portuguese admirals