Marcelo Caetano

E14200

Marcelo Caetano was the last prime minister of Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship, whose overthrow in 1974 during the Carnation Revolution ended decades of authoritarian rule.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese politician
human
prime minister
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship Portugal
dateOfBirth 1906-08-17
dateOfDeath 1980-10-26
educatedAt Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon
University of Lisbon
endTime 1974-04-25
event Carnation Revolution
exiledTo Brazil
familyName Caetano
fieldOfWork administrative law
constitutional law
givenName Marcelo
headOfGovernment Portugal
ideology anti-communism
authoritarianism
conservatism
corporatism
languageSpoken Portuguese
memberOfPoliticalParty National Union
People's National Action
notableFor being overthrown during the Carnation Revolution in 1974
being the last prime minister of the Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal
numberOfChildren 3
occupation jurist
lawyer
university teacher
officeEndForPrimeMinisterOfPortugal 1974-04-25
officeStartForPrimeMinisterOfPortugal 1968-09-27
partOf Estado Novo (Portugal)
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Portugal
Lisbon
placeOfDeath Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
positionHeld Minister of the Colonies of Portugal
Minister of the Presidency of Portugal
President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal
Prime Minister of Portugal
Rector of the University of Lisbon
religion Roman Catholicism
removedFromOfficeBy Carnation Revolution
replaced António de Oliveira Salazar
sexOrGender male
spouse Maria Teresa Teixeira de Queiroz
startTime 1968-09-27
succeededBy Junta de Salvação Nacional


Please wait…