José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro (born 1939) is a

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lieutenant-general and former colonial administrator. he is currently a member of the General Council of

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, professor at the Institute of Political Studies at the

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, curator and administrator of the Jorge Álvares Foundation and corresponding academic at the International Academy of Portuguese Culture.

Biography

Leandro began his military career at the

Colégio Militar ''Colégio Militar'' (Portuguese for "Military College") is a military secondary school in Lisbon, Portugal. It was founded by Marechal António Teixeira Rebello in 1803. History Its initial location was S. Julião da Barra Fort, in Oeiras. It ...

in 1950. He joined the

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in 1957, where he completed the

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course in 1960. Later, he had mobilized for various service commissions in

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Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is East Timor–Indonesia border, divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western p ...

and

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

. He served as chief of staff of Governor of Timor from 1968 to 1970. On 19 November 1974, he was appointed the Governor of Macau, replacing José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho. During his tenure, he drew up the ''

Estatuto Orgânico de Macau The Organic Statute of Macau ( pt, Estatuto Orgânico de Macau, EOM; ) was a Portuguese organic law (Law No. 1/76) that provided for government in Portuguese Macau. Approved on 17 February 1976, the Portuguese legislation also reclassified Macau ...

'', an organic law which was later approved by Portuguese legislation on 17 February 1976, reclassified Macau as a "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration" (''território chinês sob administração portuguesa''). He left office on 27 November 1979.

Works

*''Timor: um país para o século XXI'' *''Macau nos Anos da Revolução Portuguesa 1974-1979''

Honours

PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Cross BAR

Grand Cross of

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(13 January 1981) * PRT Military Order of Aviz - Knight BAR

Knight of

Military Order of Aviz The Military Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz ( pt, Ordem Militar de São Bento de Avis, ), previously to 1910 ''Royal Military Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz'' ( pt, Real Ordem Militar de São Bento de Avis), previously to 1789 ''Knights'' (of ...

(14 July 1983) * PRT Military Order of Aviz - Commander BAR

Commander of

(10 June 1992)

References

1939 births Living people People from Luanda Portuguese generals Governors of Macau Portuguese colonial governors and administrators Colonial people in Angola Grand Crosses of the Order of Prince Henry Knights of the Order of Aviz Commanders of the Order of Aviz {{portugal-bio-stub