António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos (28 December 1919 – 11 May 2009) was a Portuguese army general and colonial administrator.Governador António Lopes dos Santos
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Biography

He held top military posts both before and after the 1974

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. He was district governor of Portuguese Mozambique from 1959 until 1962. He was Governor of Macau from 17 April 1962 until July 1967, and

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of Macau's

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. He was appointed the Senior Assistant to the Portuguese Guinea Commander in Chief under Governor António de Spínola from 1968 until 1970. He was military commander in Portuguese Guinea between 1968 and 1970. He was governor of

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from 13 March 1969 until 1974. Following the 25 April 1974

in Portugal, Antonio Lopes dos Santos became Deputy Army Chief of Staff of the

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. He also became head of both the Military Studies Centre and the Military Disciplinary High Council. Lopes dos Santos last official appointment was as the director of the Portuguese National Defense Institute. He remained involved in relations between Macau and Portugal, and was the president of the Jorge Álvares Foundation (''Fundação Jorge Álvares'') from 2000 until his death in 2009. He also served as the head of the Portugal-China Friendship Association (AAPC).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes Dos Santos, Antonio 1919 births 2009 deaths Governors of Macau Portuguese generals Colonial heads of Cape Verde Colonial people in Angola Colonial people in Mozambique