National Salvation Junta

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military junta provisional government

The National Salvation Junta was the military-led governing body that took control of Portugal following the 1974 Carnation Revolution, overseeing the country’s transition away from dictatorship.

Aliases (1)

Junta de Salvação Nacional ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military junta → provisional government →
aim	organize transition to civilian rule → restore civil liberties →
alsoKnownAs	Junta de Salvação Nacional →
appointed	prime ministers of provisional governments →
branch	Portuguese Armed Forces →
chairman	António de Spínola →
composition	senior military officers →
context	Carnation Revolution →
country	Portugal →
countryGoverned	Portugal →
dissolved	30 September 1974 →
established	25 April 1974 →
exercisedPower	executive authority → legislative authority →
followed	Carnation Revolution →
governmentType	military government →
headquarters	Lisbon →
jurisdiction	Portuguese Republic →
languageOfName	Portuguese →
leader	António de Spínola →
legalBasis	military coup d’état →
member	António Rosa Coutinho → Carlos Galvão de Melo → Diogo Neto → Francisco da Costa Gomes → Jaime Silvério Marques → José Pinheiro de Azevedo → Mário Firmino Miguel → Álvaro Viana de Lemos →
originatedFrom	Armed Forces Movement →
oversaw	beginning of decolonization process → end of Estado Novo dictatorship →
partOf	Portuguese transition to democracy →
politicalOrientation	anti-dictatorial → revolutionary →
precededBy	Marcelo Caetano government →
replaced	Estado Novo regime → Marcelo Caetano government →
role	governing body of Portugal → oversaw transition to democracy →
significance	first post-dictatorship governing body in Portugal →
succeededBy	First Provisional Government → Provisional Government of Portugal →
timePeriod	1974 →
tookPowerAfter	25 April 1974 coup →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Salvation Junta ("Junta de Salvação Nacional") →	alsoKnownAs
Armed Forces Movement →	associatedWith
Council of the Revolution →	replaced
Marcelo Caetano ("Junta de Salvação Nacional") →	succeededBy