Antonio Ramalho Eanes
António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes [ ɐ̃ˈtɔniw duʃ ˈsɐ̃tuʃ ʁɐˈmaʎu ˈjɐnɨʃ ] (born January 25, 1935 in Alcains ) was from 1976 to 1986 the first democratically elected President of Portugal .
Life
Ramalho Eanes comes from a modest background and was unable to study as hoped. He joined the military and was an officer in the colonial war in Angola during the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1974 . When he returned to Portugal, he joined the Armed Forces Movement ( MFA ). He became known when, on November 25, 1975, he overthrew a radical left faction in the MFA, which had essentially rallied around Captain Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho . He competed against this in the first free presidential election and won on June 27, 1976. He took office on July 14 and was re-elected in December 1980 with a large majority.
In the early years, Ramalho Eanes was viewed by many on the left as a traitor to the ideals of the MFA. As president he tried to preserve certain bourgeois ideals of the initial Carnation Revolution; He accepted political isolation and founded his own party ( Partido Renovador Democrático ), which only became important for a short time. Like other representatives of the Carnation Revolution, Ramalho Eanes was a soldier with no political experience, his ideas remained general and ultimately had little lasting effect.
Eanes has been a member of the State Council since 1986 .
Honors
- January 19, 1972: Knight of the Military Order of Avis
- March 5, 1979: Grand-croix de la Légion d'Honneur
- July 15, 1980: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- July 15, 1980: Grand Cross with chain of the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
- July 15, 1980: Grand Cross of the Order do Mérito Militar (Brazil)
- July 15, 1980: Special level of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- July 15, 1980: Grand Cross with Collane des Stern von Romania
- July 15, 1980: Grand Cross of Stara Planina (Bulgaria)
- July 15, 1980: Hungarian Order of Merit
- July 15, 1980: Collane of the Order of Charles III. (Spain)
- July 15, 1980: Collane des Ordens de Isabel la Católica (Spain)
- July 18, 1980: Order of the Yugoslav Grand Star
- July 18, 1980: Collane of the Order of Pius
- November 3, 1980: Grand Cross with chain of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- June 7, 1982: Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II.
- April 29, 1983: Collane with swords of the Order of Merito Melitensi
- November 24, 1983: Chain of the Star with Grand Cross of the Order of the Hawks of Iceland
- March 9, 1986: Grand Cross with Collane of the Portuguese Order of Tower and Sword
- April 25, 2004: Grand Cross of the Order of Freedom
- May 19, 2012: Grand Collar des Ordem de Timor-Leste
- December 18, 2015: Grand Cross with Collane of the Order of Freedom
- June 20, 2016: Grand Cross with Collane of the Order of the Infante Dom Henrique
Web links
- Biography (portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jornal da República: Decreto do Presidente da República nº 57/2012 de 19 de Maio , accessed on April 29, 2020.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco da Costa Gomes |
President of Portugal 1976–1986 |
Mario Soares |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eanes, António Ramalho |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eanes, Ramalho; Eanes, António dos Santos Ramalho (full name) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Portuguese politician, President of Portugal (1976–1986) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alcains |