Américo Tomás
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Rear admiral Américo Tomás GCC GOA GOSE |
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Américo Tomás in Vale do Rio, Portugal, October, 1968.
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| 13th President of Portugal | |
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In office 9 August 1958 – 25 April 1974 |
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| Prime Minister |
António de Oliveira Salazar Marcelo Caetano |
| Preceded by | Francisco Craveiro Lopes |
| Succeeded by | António de Spínola |
| Minister of the Navy | |
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In office 18 December 1953 – 10 May 1958 |
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| Prime Minister | António de Oliveira Salazar |
| Preceded by | Fernando dos Santos Costa |
| Succeeded by | Mendonça Dias |
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In office 6 September 1944 – 13 November 1953 |
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| Prime Minister | António de Oliveira Salazar |
| Preceded by | Mesquita Guimarães |
| Succeeded by | Fernando dos Santos Costa |
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Minister of Defence Acting |
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In office 22 May 1957 – 29 June 1957 |
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| Prime Minister | António de Oliveira Salazar |
| Preceded by | Fernando dos Santos Costa |
| Succeeded by | Fernando dos Santos Costa |
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Minister of the Colonies Acting |
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In office 9 June 1945 – 14 November 1945 |
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| Prime Minister | António de Oliveira Salazar |
| Preceded by | Marcelo Caetano |
| Succeeded by | Marcelo Caetano |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás 19 November 1894 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 18 September 1987 (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 |
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| Allegiance |
 Portugal
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| 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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