Salgueiro Maia

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Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese military officer
human
revolutionary
burialPlace Castelo de Vide cemetery
causeOfDeath cancer
commanded column of troops from Santarém on 25 April 1974
commemoratedOn Freedom Day (Portugal)
surface form: Portuguese Freedom Day (25 April)
countryOfBirth Portugal
countryOfCitizenship Portugal
dateOfBirth 1944-07-01
dateOfDeath 1992-04-04
educatedAt Portuguese Military Academy
surface form: Academia Militar (Portugal)
ethnicGroup Portuguese people
familyName Maia
fullName Fernando José Salgueiro Maia
gender male
givenName Fernando
hasLegacy considered a national hero of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal
hasNationality Portuguese
hasPlaceNamedAfter Avenida Salgueiro Maia in several Portuguese cities
Praça Salgueiro Maia in Santarém
honorificTitle Commander of the Order of Liberty (posthumous)
ideology anti-authoritarianism
knownFor refusal to use violence during the 25 April 1974 coup
symbolic role in Portugal’s transition to democracy
languageSpoken Portuguese
led military forces that surrounded the Terreiro do Paço in Lisbon on 25 April 1974
troops that confronted forces loyal to Marcelo Caetano at Largo do Carmo
memorializedBy statue in Castelo de Vide
statues in Santarém
militaryBranch Portuguese Army
militaryRank captain
movement Portuguese Armed Forces
surface form: Portuguese Armed Forces Movement (MFA)
notableFor leadership in the 25 April 1974 military coup in Portugal
role in the Carnation Revolution
occupation army officer
military leader
opposed Estado Novo regime
surface form: Estado Novo dictatorship
participatedIn Carnation Revolution
surface form: 25 April 1974 coup in Portugal

Carnation Revolution
partOf Armed Forces Movement officers who organized the Carnation Revolution
placeOfBirth Castelo de Vide
placeOfDeath Santarém
surface form: Santarem
residence Santarém
surface form: Santarem

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Carnation Revolution hasKeyFigure Salgueiro Maia
Armed Forces Movement notableMember Salgueiro Maia
MFA notableMember Salgueiro Maia
subject surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas