Council of the Revolution

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governing council military body political body

The Council of the Revolution was the governing military-political body that led Portugal’s transition from dictatorship to democracy following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Conselho da Revolução	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing council ⓘ military body ⓘ political body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Portugal ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
dissolved	1982 ⓘ
endCause	constitutional revision of 1982 ⓘ
followedEvent	Carnation Revolution ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Constitutional matters ⓘ Government of Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese government President of Portugal ⓘ
hasFunction	ensure role of armed forces in politics ⓘ influence legislative process ⓘ oversee implementation of the revolution’s goals ⓘ review constitutionality of laws ⓘ supervise government ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	key institution in Portugal’s transition from dictatorship to democracy ⓘ symbol of military’s political role after 1974 ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	constitutional organ ⓘ
hasMember	Armed Forces Movement ⓘ Portuguese Armed Forces officers ⓘ military representatives ⓘ
hasRole	constitutional watchdog ⓘ guardian of the revolution ⓘ transitional authority ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernmentRole	de facto collective head of state (in early transition) ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Lisbon ⓘ
inception	1974 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Portuguese ⓘ
legalBasis	1976 Portuguese Constitution ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Constitution of 1976
locatedInTimePeriod	Portuguese Third Republic ⓘ surface form: Third Portuguese Republic post-authoritarian transition in Portugal ⓘ
nativeLabel	Council of the Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conselho da Revolução
operatedIn	post-Carnation Revolution Portugal ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese Third Republic ⓘ surface form: Portuguese transition to democracy
politicalAlignment	pro-democratization ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ
precededBy	Estado Novo regime ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	democratic consolidation ⓘ reduction of military influence in politics ⓘ
replaced	National Salvation Junta ⓘ
replacedBy	Council of State ⓘ
significantEvent	oversight of 1975–1976 constitutional process ⓘ participation in drafting the 1976 Constitution ⓘ
significantPlace	Belém Palace ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Armed Forces Movement → associatedWith → Council of the Revolution ⓘ

Council of the Revolution → nativeLabel → Council of the Revolution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conselho da Revolução