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António Salazar

António de Oliveira Salazar
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António de Oliveira Salazar in 1940
100th Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
5 July 1932 – 25 September 1968
President Óscar Carmona
Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Américo Tomás
Preceded by Domingos Oliveira
Succeeded by Marcelo Caetano
President of Portugal
Acting
In office
18 April 1951 – 9 August 1951
Preceded by Óscar Carmona
as President
Succeeded by Francisco Craveiro Lopes
as President
Minister of Defence
In office
13 April 1961 – 4 December 1962
Preceded by Júlio Botelho Moniz
Succeeded by Gomes de Araújo
Minister of War
In office
11 May 1936 – 6 September 1944
Preceded by Abílio Passos e Sousa
Succeeded by Fernando dos Santos Costa
In office
5 July 1932 – 6 July 1932
Preceded by António Lopes Mateus
Succeeded by Daniel Rodrigues de Sousa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
6 November 1936 – 4 February 1944
Preceded by Armindo Monteiro
Succeeded by José Caeiro da Mata
Minister of Finance
In office
28 April 1928 – 28 August 1940
Prime Minister José Vicente de Freitas
Artur Ivens Ferraz
Domingos Oliveira
Preceded by José Vicente de Freitas
Succeeded by João Lumbrales
In office
3 June 1926 – 19 June 1926
Prime Minister José Mendes Cabeçadas
Preceded by José Mendes Cabeçadas
Succeeded by Câmara de Melo Cabral
Minister of the Navy
In office
30 January 1939 – 2 February 1939
Preceded by Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt
Succeeded by Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt
In office
25 January 1936 – 5 February 1936
Preceded by Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt
Succeeded by Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt
Minister of the Colonies
In office
3 November 1930 – 6 November 1930
Prime Minister Domingos Oliveira
Preceded by Eduardo Marques
Succeeded by Eduardo Marques
In office
21 January 1930 – 20 July 1930
Prime Minister Domingos Oliveira
Preceded by Eduardo Marques
Succeeded by Eduardo Marques
Personal details
Born (1889-04-28)28 April 1889
Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão, Portugal
Died 27 July 1970(1970-07-27) (aged 81)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political party Academic Centre of Christian Democracy (Before 1930)
National Union (1930–1970)
Alma mater University of Coimbra
Profession Professor
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António de Oliveira Salazar GCSE, GCIC, GCTE, GColIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu dɨ oliˈvɐjɾɐ sɐlɐˈzaɾ]; 28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese politician and economist who was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. Salazar founded and led the Estado Novo ("New State"), the corporatist authoritarian government that ruled Portugal until 1974.

After the Portuguese coup d'état of 28 May 1926, Salazar entered public life with the support of President Óscar Carmona, initially as finance minister and later as prime minister. Opposed to democracy, communism, socialism, anarchism and liberalism, the ideology of Portugal was conservative and nationalist in nature under his rule. Salazar also promoted Catholicism, but argued that the role of the Church was social, not political, and negotiated the Concordat of 1940. One of the mottos of the Salazar regime was "Deus, Pátria e Familia" (meaning "God, Fatherland, and Family").

With the Estado Novo enabling him to exercise vast political powers, Salazar used heavy-handed censorship and a ubiquitous secret police to quell opposition, especially that related to the Communist movement. He supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War, and, like Franco, kept his nation neutral during World War II. During his rule, Portugal joined NATO and began the Portuguese Colonial War. The doctrine of Pluricontinentalism was the basis of his territorial policy, a conception of the Portuguese Empire as a unified state that spanned multiple continents.


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