General Luís Evangelista Esteves de Araújo (25 February 1949 – 2 December 2023) was a Portuguese military officer who served as the Chief of Staff of the

Portuguese Air Force The Portuguese Air Force () is the air force, aerial warfare force of Portugal. Locally it is referred to by the acronym FAP but internationally is often referred to by the acronym PRTAF. It is the youngest of the three branches of the Portuguese ...

and as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces from 2011 to 6 February 2014. Araújo was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ in 2014. Araújo died on 2 December 2023, at the age of 74.Morreu o general Luís Araújo, antigo chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas

Military Service

* 19661971: Portuguese Military Academy * October 1972October 1974: Flew 1000 hours operational duty over the north of Mozambique in an Alouette III

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1949 births 2023 deaths Portuguese Air Force Air force generals Portuguese generals Military personnel from Porto Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ (Portugal) Commanders of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Cruz de Guerra 20th-century Portuguese military personnel 21st-century Portuguese military personnel {{Portugal-bio-stub