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Overview. At the outbreak of World War II, Portugal was ruled by António de Oliveira Salazar, who in 1933 had founded the Estado Novo ("New State"), the corporatist authoritarian government that ruled Portugal until 1974. He had favoured the Spanish nationalist cause, fearing a communist invasion of Portugal, yet he was uneasy at the prospect ...
António de Oliveira Salazar[a] GCTE GCSE GColIH GCIC (28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese statesman, academic, and economist who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the Ditadura Nacional ("National Dictatorship"), he reframed the regime as the corporatist Estado Novo ("New State ...
For Portuguese heads of state prior to 1910, see list of Portuguese monarchs. Top left: Teofilo Braga President of the Provisional Government of the Republic. Top right: Óscar Carmona was the longest serving head of state. Bottom left: António Ramalho Eanes was the first president elected in democracy. Bottom right: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is ...
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.
Throughout the war, Portugal maintained a military of about 200–250 thousand troops worldwide. In 1807, after the Portuguese government's refusal to participate in the Continental System, French troops under General Junot invaded Portugal, taking Lisbon. However, a popular revolt against Junot's government broke out in the summer of 1808 and ...
t. e. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches GCC OL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾiʃˈtiðɨʒ ðɨ ˈsozɐ ˈmẽdɨʃ]; July 19, 1885 – April 3, 1954) was a Portuguese consul during World War II. As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux, he defied the orders of António de Oliveira Salazar 's Estado Novo ...
List of prime ministers of Portugal. Top left: Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela was the first prime minister to be referred as such. Top right: António de Oliveira Salazar was the longest serving head of government. Bottom left: Aníbal Cavaco Silva was the longest serving prime minister in democracy.
Belém Palace is the official residence of the President of the Portuguese Republic since 1910. Built in the 16th century by a high ranking diplomat named Manuel de Portugal, was bought by King John V in the 18th century and served as one of the residence of the Royal Family until the early 20th century.