Francisco da Costa Gomes

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Portuguese military officer head of state human politician

Francisco da Costa Gomes was a Portuguese military officer and statesman who served as President of Portugal during the turbulent period following the Carnation Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese military officer ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
conflict Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
countryOfBirth Portugal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Portugal ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-06-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-07-31 ⓘ
education Portuguese Military Academy ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName da Costa Gomes ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Francisco ⓘ
headOfGovernment José Pinheiro de Azevedo ⓘ
Mário Soares ⓘ
Vasco Gonçalves ⓘ
honor 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 ⓘ
leftOfficeAsPresident 1976-07-13 ⓘ
memberOf Armed Forces Movement ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
name Francisco da Costa Gomes self-link ⓘ
nationality Portuguese ⓘ
notableFor leadership after the Carnation Revolution ⓘ
role in Portugal's transition to democracy ⓘ
participatedIn Carnation Revolution ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chaves, Portugal ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lisbon ⓘ
surface form: Lisbon, Portugal
positionHeld Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff of Portugal ⓘ
President of Portugal ⓘ
member of the Council of State of Portugal ⓘ
precededBy António de Spínola ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Lisbon ⓘ
surface form: Lisbon, Portugal
servedIn Portuguese Army ⓘ
spouse Maria Estela Antas Varajão ⓘ
succeededBy António Ramalho Eanes ⓘ
tookOfficeAsPresident 1974-09-30 ⓘ
wasBornIn Chaves, Portugal ⓘ

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National Salvation Junta → member → Francisco da Costa Gomes ⓘ
Francisco da Costa Gomes → name → Francisco da Costa Gomes self-link ⓘ
MFA → notableMember → Francisco da Costa Gomes ⓘ
subject surface form: Movimento das Forças Armadas
António de Spínola → successor → Francisco da Costa Gomes ⓘ