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Américo Thomaz

Rear admiral
Américo Tomás
GCC GOA GOSE
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Américo Tomás in Vale do Rio, Portugal, October, 1968.
13th President of Portugal
In office
9 August 1958 – 25 April 1974
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Marcelo Caetano
Preceded by Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Succeeded by António de Spínola
Minister of the Navy
In office
18 December 1953 – 10 May 1958
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Fernando dos Santos Costa
Succeeded by Mendonça Dias
In office
6 September 1944 – 13 November 1953
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Mesquita Guimarães
Succeeded by Fernando dos Santos Costa
Minister of Defence
Acting
In office
22 May 1957 – 29 June 1957
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Fernando dos Santos Costa
Succeeded by Fernando dos Santos Costa
Minister of the Colonies
Acting
In office
9 June 1945 – 14 November 1945
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Marcelo Caetano
Succeeded by Marcelo Caetano
Personal details
Born Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás
(1894-11-19)19 November 1894
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died 18 September 1987(1987-09-18) (aged 92)
Cascais, Portugal
Political party National Union (until 1970)
People's National Action
(1970–1974)
Spouse(s) Gertrudes Ribeiro da Costa
Children Maria Natália (died in 1980)
Maria Madalena
Alma mater Portuguese Naval School
Profession Naval officer
Religion Roman Catholicism
Awards Order of Christ
Order of Aviz
Order of St. James of the Sword
Order of Charles III
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  Portugal
Service/branch Portuguese Navy
Years of service 1914–1974
Rank Rear admiral
Battles/wars First World War
Portuguese Colonial War

Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás (or Thomaz), GCC, GOA, GOSE (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈmɛɾiku dɨ ˈdewʃ ʁuˈdɾiɡɨʃ tuˈmaʃ]), (19 November 1894 – 18 September 1987) was a Portuguese Navy officer and politician. He was the 13th President of Portugal, and the third and last president of the Estado Novo.

Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás was born in Lisbon to his parents António Rodrigues Tomás and Maria da Assunção Marques.

He married Gertrudes Ribeiro da Costa in October 1922. The couple had two children, Maria Natália Rodrigues Tomás (born 1925) and Maria Madalena Rodrigues Tomás (born 1930).

Tomás entered high school at Lapa, Portugal in 1904, completing his secondary education in 1911. He then attended the Faculty of Sciences for two years (1912–1914), after which he joined the Naval Academy as a midshipman.

After Tomás graduated from the Naval Academy in 1916, he was assigned to the Portuguese coast escort service on Vasco da Gama and later assigned to the Pedro Nunes and the destroyers Douro and Tejo during World War I. In 1918, he received a promotion to Lieutenant.

On March 17, 1920, he was placed on the survey vessel 5 de Outubro, where he served for the next sixteen years. During this time, he was assigned to the survey mission of the Portuguese coast and was a board member of the Technical Commission for Hydrography, Navigation and Nautical Meteorology and a member of the Council for Studies of Oceanography and Fisheries. Tomás was also a member of the International Permanent Council for the Exploration of the Sea.


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