Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro (died 18 November 2008) was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military officer. He was governor of the district of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique from 1961 to 1969. He was

governor of Cape Verde The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Portugal in 1456. A Portuguese colony was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single crown colony in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an overseas prov ...

for over a month from March to 25 April 1974, when he was exempted by decree from the

Junta de Salvação Nacional The National Salvation Junta ( pt, Junta de Salvação Nacional, ) was a group of military officers designated to maintain the government of Portugal in April 1974 after the Carnation Revolution had overthrown the ''Estado Novo (Portugal), Es ...

. Decorations:, search result for "Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro" *Officer of the Military Order of Avis (8 July 1962) *Grand Officer of the

Order of Prince Henry the Navigator The Order of Prince Henry ( pt, Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique) is a Portuguese order of knighthood created on 2 June 1960, to commemorate the quincentenary of the death of the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator, one of the main initiators of t ...

(14 February 1970) *Commander of the Order of Christ (30 April 1974) *Commander of the Military Order of Avis (21 May 1985)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira Seguro Basilio Pina Year of birth unknown 2008 deaths Colonial heads of Cape Verde Portuguese colonial governors and administrators

See also

References