Kaúlza de Arriaga
| Kaúlza de Oliveira de Arriaga | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 January 1915 Porto, Portugal |
| Died | 2 February 2004 (aged 89) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Allegiance |
 Portugal
|
| Service/branch | Portuguese Army |
| Years of service | 1935–1974 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Portuguese Colonial War |
| Awards |
Officer of the Order of Aviz Grand Officer of the Order of Military Merit of Brazil Legion of Merit of the United States of America Grand Cross and Grand Officer of the Order of Christ Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur of France Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry and the Medal of Aeronautical Merit of the Portuguese Air Force Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
Kaúlza de Oliveira de Arriaga, OA, GCC, OC, OIH (18 January 1915 – 2 February 2004) was a Portuguese General, writer, professor and politician. He was Secretary of State (junior minister) of the Air Force between 1953 and 1955 and commander of the Terrestrial Forces in Mozambique from 1969 until 1974 during the Mozambican War of Independence.
He was a son of Manuel dos Santos Lima de Arriaga Nunes (Lisbon, Santa Isabel, 11 October 1885 - Vila Nova de Gaia, Arcozelo, 19 September 1940), a sculptor and son of a medical doctor from Pico Island, Azores, and his Portuguese Brazilian wife, Felicidade Eugénia Martins de Oliveira (Porto, Sé, 11 August 1895 - Lisbon, São Julião, 16 July 1987), daughter and granddaughter of goldsmiths. The couple married in Porto on 20 June 1914.
Arriaga completed a degree in mathematics and engineering at the University of Porto and then volunteered for the Portuguese Army on 1 November 1935. Taking a military and civil engineering course in the Military Academy which he graduated from in 1939, he was later assigned to the general staff of the Portuguese Institute of Military Studies. Here he petitioned for reforms to the conscription system, as well as training and the integration of paratroopers into the Portuguese Air Force.
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