Ruler · 1910 – 1996

António de Spínola

Lived 1910 – 1996; revolutionary, politician, writer, military officer. President of Portugal (Portugal), 1974.

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Lived: 1910 – 1996; 86 years
Lines: 1; Portugal
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Portugal

Portugal · the 14th of 21 dated reigns · 1911 – 2026

10 before

Óscar Carmona1926 – 1951

Francisco Craveiro Lopes1951 – 1958

Américo Tomás1958 – 1974

António de Spínola1974

Francisco da Costa Gomes1974 – 1976

António Ramalho Eanes1976 – 1986

Mário Soares1986 – 1996

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1974 · under a year · came to it aged 64

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He resigned fifteen days later on 30 September 1974, after just four months in power, when he realized he would not be able to block the application of the MFA program.

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