Américo Tomás

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President of Portugal human naval officer politician

Américo Tomás was a Portuguese naval officer and conservative politician who served as the last president of the Estado Novo dictatorship from 1958 until the Carnation Revolution in 1974.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Portugal ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthCountry Portugal ⓘ
birthDate 1894-11-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Lisbon ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Portugal ⓘ
deathCountry Portugal ⓘ
deathDate 1987-09-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Cascais NERFINISHED ⓘ
endOfPresidencyEvent Carnation Revolution ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Tomas ⓘ
surface form: Tomás
gender male ⓘ
givenName Américo ⓘ
governmentSystemContext authoritarian dictatorship ⓘ
headOfStateOf Portugal ⓘ
ideologyContext authoritarianism ⓘ
languageSpoken Portuguese ⓘ
militaryBranch Portuguese Navy ⓘ
militaryRank admiral ⓘ
name Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás ⓘ
nationality Portuguese ⓘ
notableEventDuringTerm Carnation Revolution ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
occupation naval officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd 1974-04-25 ⓘ
officeStart 1958-08-09 ⓘ
politicalAlignment right-wing ⓘ
politicalIdeology conservatism ⓘ
positionHeld Minister of the Navy of Portugal ⓘ
Naval officer in the Portuguese Navy ⓘ
President of Portugal ⓘ
regime Estado Novo regime ⓘ
surface form: Estado Novo
residenceAsPresident Belém Palace ⓘ
roleInRegime figurehead president in Estado Novo ⓘ
servedUnder António de Oliveira Salazar ⓘ
Marcelo Caetano ⓘ
succeededBy António de Spínola ⓘ
termCountAsPresident 3 ⓘ
tookOfficeFollowing Craveiro Lopes ⓘ
wasDeposedBy Carnation Revolution ⓘ
wasLastPresidentOf Estado Novo regime ⓘ
surface form: Estado Novo
wasPresidentDuring Estado Novo regime ⓘ
surface form: Estado Novo

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António de Spínola → predecessor → Américo Tomás ⓘ