José Hermano Saraiva
| José Hermano Saraiva | |
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| Portugal Ambassador to Brazil | |
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In office 1972–1974 |
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| President | Américo Tomás |
| Prime Minister | Marcello Caetano |
| Minister of Education | |
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In office 19 August 1968 – 15 January 1970 |
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| Prime Minister |
António Oliveira Salazar Marcello Caetano |
| Preceded by | Inocêncio Galvão Teles |
| Succeeded by | José Veiga Simão |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
José Hermano Saraiva October 28, 1919 Leiria, Portugal |
| Died | July 20, 2012 (aged 92) Palmela, Portugal |
| Spouse(s) | Maria de Lourdes de Bettencourt de Sá Nogueira |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
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José Hermano Baptista Saraiva GCIH • GCIP (3 October 1919 – 20 July 2012) was a Portuguese professor, historian and jurist. He was most known as a television personality in Portugal, having been the author and presenter of several documentary series of historical divulgation in the last decades.
Hermano Saraiva was a professor of law and business management. He was Minister of Education of Portugal between 1968 and 1970 and ambassador to Brazil between 1972 and 1974. He lectured in the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Política Ultramarina at the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, and in private teaching institutes.
Saraiva is most famous in Portugal, but also among Portuguese communities around the world, on account of his television programs on the History of Portugal, broadcast by RTP. He was a member of the Sciences Academy of Lisbon, Portuguese Academy of History and São Paulo Historical Institute in Brazil.
Hermano Saraiva was distinguished with the Grã-Cruz of the Order of Public Instruction, Grã-Cruz of the Order of Prince Henry, the Grã-Cruz of the Order of Barão do Rio Branco of Brazil, the Grã-Cruz of the Ordem do Mérito do Trabalho and the Comendador da Real Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa.
His supporters point out his qualities as a television communicator and of spreader of the History of Portugal to the least instructed people in the country and to the Portuguese communities outside Portugal.
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