Armed Forces Movement

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military organization political movement

The Armed Forces Movement was a Portuguese military organization of junior officers that orchestrated the 1974 Carnation Revolution, ending the Estado Novo dictatorship and initiating Portugal’s transition to democracy.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Movimento das Forças Armadas 5
Armed Forces Movement (MFA) 1
Portuguese Armed Forces Movement 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
activeDuring 1970s ⓘ
associatedWith Council of the Revolution ⓘ
National Salvation Junta ⓘ
characteristic collective leadership ⓘ
secret organization ⓘ
composedOf Portuguese Armed Forces personnel ⓘ
junior officers ⓘ
contributedTo decolonization of Portuguese African colonies ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
dateOfMajorEvent 25 April 1974 ⓘ
dissolvedAfter consolidation of Portuguese democracy ⓘ
goal end the Estado Novo dictatorship ⓘ
establish democracy in Portugal ⓘ
hasEffect end of Estado Novo regime ⓘ
legalization of political parties in Portugal ⓘ
overthrow of Marcelo Caetano ⓘ
restoration of civil liberties in Portugal ⓘ
headquartersLocation Lisbon ⓘ
ideology anti-authoritarianism ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
influenced Portuguese transition to democracy ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
location Portugal ⓘ
movementType military-led coup movement ⓘ
nativeLabel Armed Forces Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
notableMember Ernesto Melo Antunes ⓘ
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ⓘ
Salgueiro Maia ⓘ
Vítor Alves ⓘ
operatedIn Portugal ⓘ
opposed Estado Novo (Portugal) ⓘ
surface form: Estado Novo
opposedBy Estado Novo regime ⓘ
surface form: Estado Novo secret police

Marcelo Caetano ⓘ
surface form: Marcelo Caetano government
orchestrated Carnation Revolution ⓘ
partOf Carnation Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Revolution of 1974–1975
shortName MFA ⓘ
significantDate 25 April 1974 ⓘ
significantEvent Carnation Revolution ⓘ
significantPlace Lisbon Military Region ⓘ
startTime 1973 ⓘ
symbolicAssociation red carnations ⓘ
usedMilitaryUnit Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
Portuguese Army ⓘ
Portuguese Navy ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Freedom Day (Portugal) → associatedWith → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Portuguese Armed Forces Movement
Council of the Revolution → hasMember → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
Carnation Revolution → ledBy → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
Carnation Revolution → ledBy → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
Francisco da Costa Gomes → memberOf → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
Otelo → memberOf → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho → memberOf → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
Saraiva de Carvalho → memberOf → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho → movement → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
Vítor Alves → movement → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
Armed Forces Movement → nativeLabel → Armed Forces Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
MFA → nativeLabel → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
this entity surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
25 April Revolution → organizer → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
National Salvation Junta → originatedFrom → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
Estado Novo (Portugal) → overthrownBy → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Forces Movement (MFA)
Processo Revolucionário em Curso → participant → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
Vítor Alves → participatedIn → Armed Forces Movement ⓘ