António de Spínola
April 11, 1910 – August 13, 1996
Portuguese general whose book on the colonial wars helped prompt the Carnation Revolution and who was the first President after it, for five months in 1974.
Offices held
May 15, 1974 – Sep 30, 1974
Preceded by
Américo Tomás Succeeded by
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Américo Tomás Succeeded by
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Military service
Timeline
1911
1917
1923
1929
1935
1941
1947
1953
1959
1965
1971
1977
1983
1989
1995
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