Francisco da Costa Gomes
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His Excellency Francisco da Costa Gomes ComTE • GOA |
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| 15th President of Portugal | |
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In office 30 September 1974 – 13 July 1976 |
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| Prime Minister |
Vasco Gonçalves José Pinheiro de Azevedo Vasco Almeida e Costa |
| Preceded by | António de Spínola |
| Succeeded by | António Ramalho Eanes |
| President of the Revolution Council | |
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In office 14 March 1975 – 13 July 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | António Ramalho Eanes |
| President of the National Salvation Junta | |
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In office 30 September 1974 – 14 March 1975 |
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| Preceded by | António de Spínola |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff | |
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In office 29 April 1974 – 13 July 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Joaquim da Luz Rocha |
| Succeeded by | António Ramalho Eanes |
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In office 5 September 1972 – 13 May 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Venâncio Augusto Deslandes |
| Succeeded by | Joaquim da Luz Rocha |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 June 1914 Chaves, Portugal |
| Died | 31 July 2001 (aged 87) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality |
 Portuguese |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Estela Antas Varajão (Died in 2013) |
| Alma mater | University of Porto |
| Occupation | Military officer, politician |
| Profession | Professor |
| Portfolio | Military Region of Angola |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
Portugal
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| Service/branch | Portuguese Army |
| Years of service | 1931–1976 |
| Rank |
General (Effective) Field Marshal (Honorific) |
| Battles/wars | Portuguese Colonial War |
Francisco da Costa Gomes, ComTE, GOA (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ ˈɡomɨʃ]; 30 June 1914 in Chaves – 31 July 2001 in Lisbon, Lapa) was a Portuguese military officer and politician, the 15th President of the Portuguese Republic (the second after the Carnation Revolution).
He was one of the eleven children of António José Gomes, (Santo Estevão, Chaves, ? – Lisbon, 1 July 1922) and wife, Idalina Júlia Monteiro da Costa (Chaves, 27 May 1880 – Porto, 18 February 1967).
On 8 December 1952, Gomes married Maria Estela Veloso de Antas Varajão (born 23 March 1927 in Viana do Castelo), daughter of João de Campos Varajão and his wife Angélica Martins Veloso (b. Barcelos, Barcelos), at the See of Viana do Castelo. The couple had only one son, Francisco da Costa Gomes.
In 1961 Costa Gomes, acting as under-secretary of state for the Army, was involved in a constitutional "coup d'état" headed by the Minister of Defense, General Júlio Botelho Moniz, that tried to convince President Américo Tomás to remove an aged António de Oliveira Salazar from the premiership.
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