Carlos Montez Melancia (21 August 1927 – 23 October 2022) was a Portuguese politician who was the
Governor of Macau
The governor of Macau ( pt, Governador de Macau; ) was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called captain-major ( pt, Capitão-mor). The post was replaced on 20 December 1999 upon the transfer of sove ...
from 9 July 1987 to 23 April 1991.
Biography
Melancia was born in
Alpiarça
Alpiarça () is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,702, in an area of 95.36 km2.
The present Mayor is Mário Fernando Pereira and the President of the Municipal Assembly is Mario Santiago. The munic ...
,
Santarém District
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The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of , and a po ...
, Portugal in 1927. In 1991, his alleged corruption affairs were published in the
media
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. He was subsequently indicted for suspected
bribe
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taking by the Prosecutor General of the Republic, thus causing him to resign from the post in that year. Melancia was later acquitted and found innocent of all charges by the
Portuguese Supreme Court in 2002. He also served as Minister of Industry and Technology (1976–1978) and Minister of the Sea (1983–1985).
Melancia was the godson of
José Relvas
José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas de Campos (Golegã, Golegã, 5 March 1858 – Alpiarça, Casa dos Patudos, 31 October 1929; , was a Portuguese politician and 70th Prime Minister of Portugal.
= Personal life =
Jose was in spouse with Eugénia ...
, a key figure of the
5 October 1910 revolution and prominent politician in the First Portuguese Republic. Carlos Melancia died on 23 October 2022, at the age of 95.
See also
*
Portuguese Macau
Portuguese Macau (officially the Province of Macau until 1976, and then the Autonomous Region of Macau from 1976 to 1999) was a Portuguese colony that existed from the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 to the end of colonial ru ...
References
1927 births
2022 deaths
Governors of Macau
Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
People from Alpiarça
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