Adelino Amaro da Costa
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Adelino Amaro da Costa GCIH |
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Adelino Amaro da Costa in October 1978
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| Minister of National Defence | |
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In office 3 January 1980 – 4 December 1980 |
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| President | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Prime Minister | Francisco de Sá Carneiro |
| Preceded by | José Alberto Loureiro dos Santos |
| Succeeded by | Luís de Azevedo Coutinho |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 April 1943 Algés, Portugal |
| Died | 4 December 1980 (aged 37) Camarate, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Political party | CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP) |
Adelino Manuel Lopes Amaro da Costa, GCIH (18 April 1943 – 4 December 1980) was a Portuguese Politician.
Costa was a son of Civil Engineer from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa) Manuel Rafael Amaro da Costa (b. Odemira, São Martinho das Amoreiras, January 10, 1910 -), of some rural Nobility descent, and wife (m. Lisbon, 1937) Joaquina da Conceição Duarte Lopes Nunes (Odemira, Relíquias, January 22, 1914 - Lisbon, Alvalade, June 19, 1991).
Like his father he was also a civil engineer by training from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon.
After the Carnation Revolution, he founded, together with Diogo Freitas do Amaral, the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), in which he became Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic and Minister.
After the victory of the Democratic Alliance, a coalition between the Social Democrats, the Popular Monarchists and his own party, in the Portuguese legislative election, 1980, he became the first civilian Defence Minister since the Carnation Revolution on 3 January 1980.
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