Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Alfredo Nobre da Costa | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 29 August 1978 – 22 November 1978 | |
| President | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Preceded by | Mário Soares |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Mota Pinto |
| Minister of Industry and Technology | |
| In office 25 March 1977 – 30 January 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Mário Soares |
| Preceded by | António Sousa Gomes |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Melancia |
| Secretary of State for Heavy Industry | |
| In office 14 January 1976 – 23 July 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | José Pinheiro de Azevedo |
| Preceded by | Mário Cardoso dos Santos |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Melancia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1923 Lapa, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 1 April 1996 (aged 72) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama
(m. 1951) |
| Children | 1 |
Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa GCC ComC OMRI (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɔβɾɨ ðɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]; 10 September 1923 – 1 April 1996) was a Portuguese engineer and politician who briefly served as prime minister of Portugal from August to November 1978.
A moderate independent center-left politician, he was appointed by President António Ramalho Eanes to serve as prime minister that would finish the four-year legislative term which had been initiated in the 1976 Portuguese legislative election. His cabinet consisted of independents. However, it failed to gain a majority in the Assembly of the Republic, and Nobre da Costa resigned few weeks after being sworn in. He was replaced by Carlos Mota Pinto.