Jaime Silvério Marques (1915 – 14 January 1986) was a

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brigadier-general and colonial administrator.

Biography

Marques completed the

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course at the Army School in 1940, shortly afterwards integrated in the Expeditionary Corps sent to the Azores. He had been mobilized for various service commissions in

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and

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. On 18 September 1959, he was appointed the

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, replacing

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. In February 1961, he designated Macau as a "permanent gaming religion", and officially positioned Macau as a low taxation region. Since then, gaming and tourism was regarded as Macau's major economic activities. He left office on 17 April 1962. When on 25 April 1974 the

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broke out in Portugal, Marques joined the

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that took power.Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril : Cronologia da Revolução
.A Revolução: A Junta de Salvação Nacional
. On 29 April, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army. On 30 September, he was removed from the National Salvation Junta together with

Carlos Galvão de Melo Carlos Galvão de Melo (4 August 1921 – 20 March 2008) was a Portuguese military officer from the Portuguese Air Force. Life Galvão de Melo was the eldest of nine children of António Augusto Ferreira de Melo, a merchant based in Mozamb ...

and Manuel Diogo Neto, just after the resignation of

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. In Macau, Avenue of Governor Jaime Silvério Marques (''Avenida do Governador Jaime Silvério Marques'', 馬濟時總督大馬路) was named after him.

References

External links

"O Governador que mudou Macau: Jaime Silvério Marques". ''O Clarim'', 8 de Junho de 2012
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marques, Jaime Silvério 1915 births 1986 deaths Portuguese military officers Governors of Macau Portuguese colonial governors and administrators Officers of the Order of Aviz Commanders of the Order of Aviz