Salgueiro Maia
| Fernando José Salgueiro Maia | |
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Capitão Salgueiro Maia
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| Born |
1 July 1944 Castelo de Vide, Portugal |
| Died | 4 April 1992 (aged 47) Santarém, Portugal |
| Allegiance |
 Portugal
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| Service/branch |
 Portuguese Army
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| Years of service | 1964–1988 |
| Rank |
Captain Major (from 1981) |
| Battles/wars | Carnation Revolution |
| Awards | Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty Grand Officer of the Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit Gold Medal of the city of Santarém |
Fernando José Salgueiro Maia, GOTE, GCL (1 July 1944 in Castelo de Vide, Portugal – 4 April 1992 in Santarém), commonly known just by Salgueiro Maia (Portuguese pronunciation: [saɫˈɡɐjɾu ˈmajɐ]), was a captain of the Portuguese army. He made a significant contribution to the Carnation Revolution, which resulted in the fall of the then-ruling dictatorship.
Salgueiro Maia was one of the captains of the Portuguese Army who led the revolutionary forces during the Carnation Revolution. He was a son of Francisco da Luz Maia, a railway worker, and Francisca Silvéria Salgueiro. He attended the Primary School in São Torcato, Coruche, and would later relocate to Tomar where he studied at Colégio Nun'Álvares, but would finish his Secondary School education in the National Liceu of Leiria. Maia later graduated in Social and Political Sciences and Ethnological and Anthropological Sciences.
In 1983 he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty; in 1992, posthumously, the degree of Grand Officer of the Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit; and in 2007, the Gold Medal of the city of Santarém.
Salgueiro Maia, a young captain (stationed at Santarém) who drilled officers-in-training and sergeants-in-training, was informed about the plans of the Movimento das Forças Armadas (MFA) to bring down the dictatorship.
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