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Salazar produced the first of many budgetary surpluses. [4] He promoted civilian administration in the authoritarian regime when the politics of more and more countries were becoming militarised. [3] Salazar's aim was the de-politicisation of society, rather than the mobilisation of the populace. [3]
The incumbent vice president is JD Vance, who assumed office as the 50th vice president on January 20, 2025. [3] [4] There have been 50 U.S. vice presidents since the office was created in 1789. Originally, the vice president was the person who received the second-most votes for president in the Electoral College.
In Romania, Communist Party leader and President Nicolae Ceaușescu even had the same title, Conducător (Romanian for leader), as earlier dictator Marshal Ion Antonescu. U.S.-backed Indonesian president Suharto was awarded the title of "Father of Development" by the Golkar and Armed Forces-controlled Parliament in 1983.
Dr. Simpson will be examining more than 400 letters sent spontaneously to the Portuguese dictator by common citizens in the mid-1960s during the lecture ‘O Povo de Salazar’ (Salazar’s People).
Salazar, a staunch anti-communist and fighter for democracy in Latin America, knows better than to honor someone who calls himself “the world’s coolest dictator.”
Portugal's Council of State permitted General Humberto Delgado, an opponent of Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, to run for President of Portugal, despite Salazar's domination of the Council by autocratic rule and Delgado's own statement about Salazar (in a May 10 interview) that if elected president on June 8, "Obviously, I'll fire ...
António de Oliveira Salazar, the 79-year-old Prime Minister of Portugal and that nation's dictator since 1932, was seriously injured at his beach resort home in Estoril when the deck chair he was sitting in collapsed and his head struck the floor. Salazar had a cerebral hemorrhage and, by Friday, was showing signs of a stroke.
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