Ernesto Melo Antunes
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Ernesto Augusto de Melo Antunes (born October 2, 1933 in Lagoa; † August 10, 1999 ) was a Portuguese officer who played an important role in the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974.
Antunes was co-author of the political program of the Movimento das Forças Armadas (MFA) military movement , which overthrew the ruling regime . After the coup, he became the coordinator of the Revolutionary Committee and Minister for Foreign Trade Relations of the Provisional Government.
Melo Antunes was also chief negotiator in the independence talks with Guinea-Bissau and later became a member of the State Council . He was also the author of the Document of the Nine (the other signatories were: Vasco Lourenço , Pezarat Correia, Manuel Franco Charais , Canto e Castro , Costa Neves, Sousa e Castro, Vítor Alves , Vítor Crespo ), with which the moderate forces in the revolutionary period should be supported and which criticized the left, like the communists .
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| SURNAME | Antunes, Ernesto Melo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Antunes, Ernesto Augusto de Melo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese politician from the time of the Carnation Revolution |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lagoa, Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1999 |