Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

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Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho was a Portuguese military officer and strategist who played a central role in planning and leading the 1974 Carnation Revolution that ended Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship.

Observed surface forms (1)

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Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese military officer
human
political activist
revolutionary
burialPlace Prazeres Cemetery
candidateInElection Portuguese presidential election, 1976
Portuguese presidential election, 1976
surface form: Portuguese presidential election, 1980
causeOfDeath heart failure
citizenship Portugal
countryOfBirth Mozambique
surface form: Portuguese Mozambique
dateOfBirth 1936-08-31
dateOfDeath 2021-07-25
education Portuguese Military Academy
event Carnation Revolution
surface form: Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974
familyName Saraiva de Carvalho
fullName Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho self-linksurface differs
surface form: Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho
gender male
givenName Otelo
hasHonor Order of Liberty (Portugal)
Order of the Tower and Sword
ideology left-wing politics
knownFor opposition to the Estado Novo dictatorship
role in Portugal’s transition to democracy
language Portuguese
memberOf Armed Forces Movement
surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
militaryBranch Portuguese Army
militaryRank brigadier
movement Armed Forces Movement
Carnation Revolution
nationality Portuguese
notableFor leading the military operations of the Carnation Revolution
planning the Carnation Revolution
occupation military officer
politician
writer
placeOfBirth Lourenço Marques
Mozambique
placeOfDeath Lisbon
Portugal
planned military operations of 25 April 1974 in Portugal
ranForOffice President of Portugal
residence Lisbon
role chief strategist of the Carnation Revolution
operational commander of the Carnation Revolution
servedIn Portuguese Colonial War
surface form: Angola theatre of the Portuguese Colonial War

Portuguese Colonial War
surface form: Guinea-Bissau theatre of the Portuguese Colonial War

Portuguese Colonial War
timePeriod 20th century
21st century

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Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho fullName Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho
Carnation Revolution hasKeyFigure Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
25 April Revolution leader Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Otelo name Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Armed Forces Movement notableMember Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
MFA notableMember Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
subject surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas