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Ramalho Eanes

His Excellency
António Ramalho Eanes
GColL GCL GColTE CavA
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16th President of Portugal
In office
14 July 1976 – 9 March 1986
Prime Minister José Pinheiro de Azevedo
Vasco Almeida e Costa
Mário Soares
Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Carlos Mota Pinto
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Francisco Sá Carneiro
Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Preceded by Francisco da Costa Gomes
Succeeded by Mário Soares
President of the Revolution Council
In office
14 July 1976 – 30 September 1982
Preceded by Francisco da Costa Gomes
Succeeded by Position abolished
Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff
In office
14 July 1976 – 16 February 1981
Preceded by Francisco da Costa Gomes
Succeeded by Nuno de Melo Egídio
Personal details
Born António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes
(1935-01-25) 25 January 1935 (age 82)
Louriçal do Campo, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Renewal Party (1986–87)
Spouse(s) Manuela Neto Portugal (m. 1970)
Children Manuel António
Miguel
Alma mater Portuguese Military Academy
Profession Army officer
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Military service
Service/branch Portuguese Army
Years of service 1952–1986
Rank General
Battles/wars Colonial War

António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes, GColL GCL GColTE CavA (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu ʁɐˈmaʎu iˈɐnɨʃ]; born 25 January 1935) is a Portuguese general and politician who was the 16th President of Portugal from 1976 to 1986.

Born at Alcains, Castelo Branco, he is the son of António dos Santos Eanes, a general contractor, and wife Maria do Rosário Ramalho.

After a long military career in the Portuguese Colonial Wars, he was stationed in Portuguese Angola when the 25 April revolution of 1974 took place. He joined the Movimento das Forças Armadas (MFA or Armed Forces Movement) and after returning to Portugal, he was made president of RTP (Portuguese public television). He ordered the military operations against the pro-communist radical faction of the MFA on 25 November 1975, an event known as the 25 de Novembro, ending that year's "hot summer" (Verão quente).

In 1976 he was elected President of Portugal. At the end of 1980 he was re-elected, serving until February 1986. After his presidency, he headed the Democratic Renewal Party (Portuguese: Partido Renovador Democrático), resigning in 1987.


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