António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the Ditadura Nacional, he reframed the regime as the corporatist Estado Novo, with himself as dictator. The regime he created lasted until 1974, making it one of the longest-lived authoritarian dictatorships in modern Europe.
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- Born in
- Freguesia de Vimieiro
- Educated at
- University of Coimbra
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- 🏆 Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany🏆 Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword🏆 Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic🏆 Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry🏆 Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
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1889
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Birth1970
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