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1972 Portuguese Presidential Election
Presidential elections under the Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo regime was held for the last time on 25 July 1972, the only one not controlled by late Prime Minister of Portugal, Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, with the 1973 Portuguese legislative election, last elections for the National Assembly held the following year, less than a year before the Carnation Revolution. Incumbent President and former Naval Minister Américo Tomás of the ruling National Union (Portugal), People's National Action was endorsed by a uniform National Assembly of Portugal, National Assembly for a third seven-year term, which would have ended on 25 July 1979. Results References {{Portuguese presidential elections 1972 elections in Europe, Portugal 1972 in Portugal, Presidential Presidential elections in Portugal July 1972 events in Europe, Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Américo Tomás
Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás (; 19 November 1894 – 18 September 1987) was a Portuguese Navy officer and politician who served as the 13th president of Portugal from 1958 to 1974. Biography Early life Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás was born in Lisbon to his parents António Rodrigues Tomás and Maria da Assunção Marques. He married Gertrudes Ribeiro da Costa in October 1922. The couple had two children, Maria Natália Rodrigues Tomás (born 1925) and Maria Madalena Rodrigues Tomás (born 1930). Tomás entered high school at Lapa, Portugal in 1904, completing his secondary education in 1911. He then attended the Faculty of Sciences for two years (1912–1914), after which he joined the Naval Academy as a midshipman. Military career After Tomás graduated from the Naval Academy in 1916, he was assigned to the Portuguese coast escort service on '' Vasco da Gama'' and later assigned to the ''Pedro Nunes'' and the destroyers ''Douro'' and ''Tejo'' during World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
