Vasco Gonçalves

Vasco Gonçalves
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
18 July 1974  19 September 1975
PresidentAntónio de Spínola
Francisco da Costa Gomes
DeputyJosé Teixeira Ribeiro
António Arnão Metello
Preceded byAdelino da Palma Carlos
Succeeded byJosé Pinheiro de Azevedo
Minister of Education and Culture
In office
29 November 1974  4 December 1974
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byVitorino Magalhães Godinho
Succeeded byManuel Rodrigues Carvalho
Personal details
Born
Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves

(1921-05-03)3 May 1921
Lisbon, Portugal
Died11 June 2005(2005-06-11) (aged 84)
Almancil, Portugal
Political partyIndependent
SpouseAida Rocha Afonso
Children1 daughter and 1 son
Alma materPortuguese Military Academy
ProfessionArmy officer
AwardsOrder of Aviz
Order Playa Girón
Military service
Allegiance Portugal
Branch/service Portuguese Army
Years of service1942–1975
RankGeneral
Battles/warsPortuguese Colonial War
Armed Forces Movement
Carnation Revolution

General Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves OA (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvaʃku ɣõˈsalvɨʃ]; Lisbon 3 May 1921 – 11 June 2005) was a Portuguese army officer in the Engineering Corps who took part in the Carnation Revolution and later served as Prime Minister from 18 July 1974 to 19 September 1975.