António de Spínola

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Portuguese military officer human politician

António de Spínola was a Portuguese military officer and politician who played a pivotal role in the 1974 transition from dictatorship to democracy, briefly serving as President of Portugal.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese military officer ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
awardReceived	Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty ⓘ Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword ⓘ Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz ⓘ Grand Cross of the Order of Christ ⓘ
burialPlace	Batalha Monastery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Portugal ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-04-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1996-08-13 ⓘ
endTime	1974-09-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Portuguese ⓘ
familyName	Spínola ⓘ
genre	political writing ⓘ
givenName	António ⓘ
headOfStateOf	Portugal ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Portuguese ⓘ
militaryBranch	Portuguese Army ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
movement	Democratic opposition to Estado Novo ⓘ
name	António de Spínola self-link ⓘ
notableFor	brief tenure as President of Portugal in 1974 ⓘ role in the Carnation Revolution ⓘ
notableWork	Portugal e o Futuro ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ writer ⓘ
officeContested	President of Portugal ⓘ
participantIn	Carnation Revolution ⓘ Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Estremoz ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Évora District ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Lisbon ⓘ Portugal ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Portuguese Guinea ⓘ President of Portugal ⓘ Vice Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces ⓘ
predecessor	Américo Tomás ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime	1974-05-15 ⓘ
successor	Francisco da Costa Gomes ⓘ
wasPivotalIn	transition from dictatorship to democracy in Portugal in 1974 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Portugal e o Futuro → author → António de Spínola ⓘ

National Salvation Junta → chairman → António de Spínola ⓘ

Carnation Revolution → hasKeyFigure → António de Spínola ⓘ

Spínola → hasKeyFigure → António de Spínola ⓘ

subject surface form: Carnation Revolution

Spínola → hasNotableBearer → António de Spínola ⓘ

25 April Revolution → keyFigure → António de Spínola ⓘ

National Salvation Junta → leader → António de Spínola ⓘ

António de Spínola → name → António de Spínola self-link ⓘ

MFA → notableMember → António de Spínola ⓘ

subject surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas

Francisco da Costa Gomes → precededBy → António de Spínola ⓘ

Américo Tomás → succeededBy → António de Spínola ⓘ