Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio (

Tomar Tomar (), also known in English as Thomar (the ancient name of Tomar), is a city and a municipality in the Santarém district of Portugal. The town proper has a population of about 20,000. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, in an a ...

, 18 February 1922 –

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, 7 December 2011) was a Portuguese general. He served as

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 sovere ...

from 1979 to 1981. He was also head of the Armed Forces General Staff from 1981 to 1984.Morreu antigo CEMGFA e governador de Macau
''tvi 24,'' 7 December 2011 (Portuguese)

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2011 deaths Portuguese generals Governors of Macau 1922 births People from Tomar {{Macau-bio-stub