da Costa Gomes

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da Costa Gomes is the Portuguese surname of Francisco da Costa Gomes, a prominent 20th-century military officer and former President of Portugal.

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da Costa Gomes canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
awardReceived Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty
Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz
Grand Cross of the Order of Christ
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
burialPlace National Pantheon, Lisbon
causeOfDeath natural causes
conflict Portuguese Colonial War
World War II (neutral Sweden service)
surface form: World War II (non-combatant role)
countryOfCitizenship Portugal
dateOfBirth 1914-06-30
dateOfDeath 2001-07-31
educatedAt Portuguese Army education system
surface form: Army School (Escola do Exército)

Portuguese Military Academy
familyName da Costa Gomes self-linksurface differs
givenName Francisco
headOfGovernment none
honorificTitle Marshal of Portugal
ideology democratic socialism (associated)
languageSpoken Portuguese
memberOf Portuguese Armed Forces
militaryBranch Portuguese Army
militaryRank general
name Francisco da Costa Gomes
nationality Portuguese
notableFor moderating the Portuguese democratic transition
serving as President of Portugal after the Carnation Revolution
notableWork role in the democratic transition of Portugal after the Carnation Revolution
occupation military officer
politician
participatedIn Carnation Revolution
Portuguese Colonial War
partOf Armed Forces Movement
surface form: Armed Forces Movement (MFA) leadership
placeOfBirth Chaves, Portugal
placeOfDeath Lisbon
surface form: Lisbon, Portugal
positionHeld Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff of Portugal
Commander of the Military Region of Angola
President of Portugal
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Lisbon
surface form: Lisbon, Portugal
roleInEvent key mediator between military factions during the Portuguese transition to democracy
serviceEnd 1976
serviceStart 1931
signature signature of Francisco da Costa Gomes (image file)
spouse Maria Estela Antas Varajão

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Francisco da Costa Gomes familyName da Costa Gomes
da Costa Gomes familyName da Costa Gomes self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Francisco da Costa Gomes