Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes (; 12 April 1894 – 2 September 1964) was a

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and

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who served as the 12th

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from 1951 to 1958.

Early life and career

Born in Lisbon, he was a son of João Carlos Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese army

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and 122nd

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(1929–1936) and his wife Júlia Clotilde Cristiano Salinas. He concluded his

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studies by 1911, having then entered the Escola Politécnica de Lisboa, in the same year he joined a cavalry regiment. He succeeded his father as the 123rd General Governor of

(1936–1938).

Presidency

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chose Craveiro Lopes as the regime's presidential candidate in

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

to succeed the late

Óscar Carmona António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona (; 24 November 1869 – 18 April 1951) was a Portuguese Army officer and politician who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1926 to 1928 and as the 11th president of Portugal from 1926 until his deat ...

. Initially, he was to run in what would have been only the second contested election of the Estado Novo, when naval officer

Manuel Quintão Meireles Manuel Carlos Quintão Meireles (14 December 1880 – 11 March 1962) was a Portuguese Navy admiral and politician. He initially supported the Military Dictatorship, after the 28 May 1926 revolution, but later moved to the Democratic Opposition si ...

filed to run against him. However, Quintão Meireles withdrew before election day, and Craveiro Lopes was elected unopposed. Under the Constitution, the president was vested with near-dictatorial powers. In practice, Carmona had mostly turned over the government to Salazar. However, Craveiro Lopes was not willing to give Salazar the free hand that Carmona had given him. Despite this, he did not go as far as to dismiss Salazar; for all intents and purposes, the president's power to sack the prime minister was the only check on Salazar's power. Nevertheless, Salazar picked the seemingly more pliant naval minister, Américo Tomás, as the regime's candidate in 1958. The Democratic Opposition then invited Craveiro Lopes to be their candidate, but he knew he stood no chance of winning and refused. The regime, however, as compensation promoted him to Marshal. He was involved in the failed military attempt to overthrow Salazar in 1961, led by the Defence Minister

Júlio Botelho Moniz Júlio Carlos Alves Dias Botelho Moniz ( Lisbon, 12 October 1900 – Lisbon, 30 September 1970) was a Portuguese soldier and politician. Botelho Moniz owed his political and military career (Minister of the Interior and of Defence, Chief General ...

. He died in Lisbon on 2 September 1964.

State visits

* List of international presidential trips made by Francisco Craveiro Lopes

National honours

*: *

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*Grand Cross of the Military Order of Aviz *Grand Officer of the Military Order of Aviz *Officer of the Military Order of Aviz * Commander of the Order of Christ *Knight of the

Order of the Tower and Sword The Ancient and Most Noble Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of the Valour, Loyalty and Merit ( pt, Antiga e Muito Nobre Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada, do Valor, Lealdade e Mérito), before 1910 Royal Military Order of the Tower an ...

*Grand Collar of the

* Victory Medal * Exemplary Behavior Medal * Medal of Military Merit *Medalha de Cruz de Guerra

Foreign honours

*: *Grand Cross of the

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*Grand Collar of the

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*: Grand Cross of the

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*: Grand Cross of the

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*: *Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi *Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the

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: Grand Cross of the

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*: *Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit *Grand Cross of the Order of Naval Merit *Grand Cross of the Order of Aeronautical Merit *: Grand Cross of the

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*: *

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*Honorary Grand Cross of the

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(GCB) *: Grand Cross of the

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*: Grand Cordon of the

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*: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator

Family

He married Berta Ribeiro Artur ( Lisbon, Pena, 15 October 1899 – Lisbon, Santa Maria de Belém, 5 July 1958), natural daughter of

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Sezinando Ribeiro Artur ( Lisbon, 1875 –

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, 1918) by Maria Clara Pereira, by whom he had four children.

References

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