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Marcelo Caetano

Marcello Caetano
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101st Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
27 September 1968 – 25 April 1974
President Américo Tomás
Preceded by António de Oliveira Salazar
Succeeded by National Salvation Junta
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
6 October 1969 – 15 January 1970
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Alberto Franco Nogueira
Succeeded by Rui Patrício
In office
29 May 1957 – 27 June 1957
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Paulo Cunha
Succeeded by Paulo Cunha
In office
23 December 1956 – 11 February 1957
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Paulo Cunha
Succeeded by Paulo Cunha
Acting Minister of Communications
In office
4 January 1956 – 1 February 1956
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Manuel Gomes de Araújo
Succeeded by Manuel Gomes de Araújo
Minister of the Presidency
In office
7 July 1955 – 14 August 1958
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by João Lumbrales
Succeeded by Pedro Teotónio Pereira
President of the Corporative Chamber
In office
25 November 1949 – 7 July 1955
Preceded by José Gabriel Pinto Coelho
Succeeded by João Pinto da Costa Leite
Minister of the Colonies
In office
14 November 1945 – 4 February 1947
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Américo Tomás (Acting)
Succeeded by Teófilo Duarte
In office
6 September 1944 – 9 June 1945
Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Preceded by Francisco Vieira Machado
Succeeded by Américo Tomás (Acting)
2nd National Commissioner of the Portuguese Youth
In office
16 August 1940 – 6 September 1944
Appointed by António Carneiro Pacheco
Preceded by Francisco José Nobre Guedes
Succeeded by José Porto Soares Franco
Personal details
Born Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano
17 August 1906
Graça, Lisbon, Portugal
Died 26 October 1980(1980-10-26) (aged 74)
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Resting place São João Batista Cemetery, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Political party National Union
(later People's National Action)
Spouse(s) Maria Teresa de Barros
(m. 1930–1971); widowed
Children José Maria
João
Miguel
Ana Maria
Education Camões Secondary School
Alma mater University of Lisbon
Religion Roman Catholicism

Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐɾˈsɛlu kɐiˈtɐnu], GCTE, GCC; 17 August 1906 – 26 October 1980) was a Portuguese politician and scholar, who was the last prime minister of the Estado Novo regime, from 1968 until his overthrow in the Carnation Revolution of 1974.

He was a son of José Maria de Almeida Alves Caetano and his first wife Josefa Maria das Neves. Graduated as a Licentiate and later a Doctorate in Law, Caetano was a Cathedratic Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he graduated and of which he would also become the 9th Dean or Rector. A conservative politician and a self-proclaimed reactionary in his youth, Caetano started his political career in the 1930s under the authoritarian regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. He soon became an important figure in the "Estado Novo" government, and in 1940 was appointed chief of the Portuguese Youth organisation. Caetano progressed in his academic career at the university, publishing several works and lecturing law. While in jail due to political causes, Álvaro Cunhal, law student, the future leader and founder of the Portuguese Communist Party, submitted his final thesis on the topic of abortion before a faculty jury that included Marcello Caetano. Between 1944 and 1947 Caetano was Minister of the Colonies and since 1947 President of the Executive Board of the National Union. He served as President of the Corporative Chamber between 1949 and 1955.


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