Teófilo Duarte
Teófilo Duarte (born October 6, 1898 in Oledo , Idanha-a-Nova , Portugal , † May 16, 1958 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese soldier and politician. He was head of the Legião Portuguesa , Minister of the Colonies and in various leading positions in the overseas provinces .
Life
Duarte studied at the Jesuit college Colégio de São Fiel in Covilhã , later history at the University of Coimbra , before switching to the military school of the cavalry. In 1914 he became an officer.
On December 13, 1916 Duarte took part in the uprising in Tomar by Machado Santos and was therefore arrested. A year later he supported Sidónio Pais in his successful coup, in which Duarte commanded the 7th Cavalry Regiment.
From 1918 to 1919 Duarte took over the post of governor of Cape Verde . President Sidónio Pais was assassinated in December 1918. Duarte became High Commissioner of the Castelo Branco district . In 1919, the Democrat José Carlos de Mascarenhas Relvas was able to take over the government and restore the country to constitutional conditions. Duarte took part in an unsuccessful uprising against Relvas and was jailed for six months for it. From May 28, 1926, Duarte was reassigned to the Portuguese army after Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa put an end to the first Portuguese republic.
Duarte was governor of Portuguese Timor between 1926 and 1928 . He reached the colony on September 30th. Here he specifically promoted the immigration of Europeans to the colony. Deportees in Portuguese Timor were given a certain freedom of movement in the colony and were integrated into society. He had locals resettled in new, so-called “native villages”. One source describes Duarte as a dangerous megalomaniac who suspected conspiracies everywhere. Above all, he is accused of doing forced labor for building roads, which caused thousands to develop tuberculosis.
From 1936 Duarte was a member of the central junta of the Legião Portuguesa, but resigned in June 1937 due to an internal crisis. Between February 2, 1947 and August 2, 1950, Duarte was Minister for the Colonies in the government of the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar . Duarte was also director of the Companhia de Moçambique and the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro de Benguela ( Benguela Railway Company ).
When Duarte died he was Vice President of the Overseas Council, Member of Parliament for the Angola Colony and Administrator of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU).
family
Teófilo Duarte was married to Vitória de Castro and had a son with her, Teófilo de Castro Duarte .
Publications
- Colónia portuguesa de Timor , 1928
- Timor , 1930
- Timor: ante-câmara do inferno , 1930
- Timor: aspectos de administração colonial , 1930
- O rei de Timor , 1931
- Sidónio Pais eo seu consulado , 1941
- Ocupação e colonização branca de Timor , 1944
Others
In the Angolan province of Huambo there is a place called Teófilo Duarte with a dam of the same name. It's not clear if this place has anything to do with the Portuguese Colonial Minister. There is a street in Portimão called Rua Capitão Teófilo Duarte .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rulers.org
- ^ O portal da História
- ↑ History of Timor - Technical University of Lisbon ( Memento of March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 824 kB)
- ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512-1945) suivie des événements récents (1975-1999) (French; PDF; 887 kB)
- ↑ Oliveira Salazar (PDF; 32 kB)
- ↑ Políticos Portugueses da I República (1910-1926)
- ^ Geneall.net
- ^ Postage stamp with a picture of the dam ( Memento from March 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Portugalio
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Raimundo Enes Meira |
Governor of Portuguese Timor 1926–1928 |
Cesário Augusto de Almeida Viana |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duarte, Teófilo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duarte, Theophilo; Duarte, Teofilo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oledo , Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1958 |
| Place of death | Lisbon , Portugal |