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  1. António de Oliveira Salazar

    António de Oliveira Salazar

    Prime Minister of Portugal

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  1. Salazar's aim was the de-politicisation of society, rather than the mobilisation of the populace. [3] However, Portugal remained largely underdeveloped, its population relatively poor and with low education attainment when compared to the rest of Europe.

  2. Apr 25, 2024 · António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese economist, who served as prime minister of Portugal for 36 years (1932–68). Salazar, the son of an estate manager at Santa Comba Dão, was educated at the seminary at Viseu and at the University of Coimbra.

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  3. Jan 26, 2023 · Antonio de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese dictator that was the President of the Council of Ministers of the Estado Novo (1933 – 1974), an authoritarian regime in Portugal. This fascist regime lasted over four decades and had a large impact on the country.

  4. António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE (April 28, 1889 – July 27, 1970), served as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.

  5. Sep 9, 2018 · Fifty years have elapsed since the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar left office. Unlike most of the authoritarian rulers who rose to power during the interwar years, Salazar departed peacefully, laid low by a stroke. When he died in 1970, he was granted a lavish state funeral.

  6. Salazar was born in Vimieiro, Portugal, on April 28, 1889. He studied for the priesthood for eight years before entering the law school at the University of Coimbra. He graduated with honors in 1914.

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  8. Although Salazar did create a youth movement (called the Mocidade), a civil guard (the Portuguese Legion) and a single party (National Union), these institutions bore only a superficial resemblance to the corresponding institutions of Italian fascism and German national socialism.