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Humberto Delgado

Portuguese general who challenged the Estado Novo regime.

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In 1990, he was posthumously promoted to Marshal of the Portuguese Air Force.[1][2]

Life and work

Delgado founded Transportes Aéreos Portugueses on 14 March 1945.[3] He served as Military Attaché and Aeronautic Attaché to the Portuguese Embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1952.[4] Delgado ran as an opposition candidate for the Portuguese presidency in 1958.[4] He famously said he would fire Prime Minister Salazar if elected.[5]

After the election, Delgado was expelled from the military and went into exile in Brazil and later Algeria.[6][1] From 1916 to 1922, Delgado was a student at the Colégio Militar in Lisbon, where his military career began.[7]

What the cited sources add

The Algarve Daily News account states Delgado was born on 15 May 1906 in Boquilobo, Torres Novas.[1] The Algarve Daily News notes Delgado's secretary Arajaryr Moreira de Campos was also murdered in the 1965 ambush.[1] The Portugal-info site describes Delgado as a martyr to his political beliefs.[8] The Algarve Daily News records that Lisbon's airport was renamed Humberto Delgado Airport on 15 May 2016.[1]

References

  1. "Lisbon airport renamed in tribute to Portugal's 'General sem medo'", Algarve Daily News, 15 May 2016. facts only, no text reused. algarvedailynews.com
  2. Wikipedia, "Humberto Delgado" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Portugal >People > Politicians", www.portugal-info.net (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Humberto Delgado" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A história da TAP — Institucional", Institucional TAP Air Portugal (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Humberto Delgado" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Under the Eucalyptus Trees – TIME", Time, 14 May 1965 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Humberto Delgado" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Atkin, "Lisbon Revisited: Urban Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Portuguese Fiction", Routledge, 5 July 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Humberto Delgado" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: SERTÓRIO, Manuel; Humberto Delgado: 70 Cartas Inéditas - A luta contra o Fascismo no exílio. Praça do Livro, Lisboa (1978). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Humberto Delgado" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Caetano, Marcello, Minhas Memórias de Salazar, Lisboa, Editorial Verbo, 1977 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. "Portugal >People > Politicians", www.portugal-info.net. facts only, no text reused. portugal-info.net

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Humberto Delgado (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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1. In which place was Humberto Delgado born?

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2. In what year was Humberto Delgado born?

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From the source: “Humberto da Silva Delgado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ũˈbɛɾtu dɛɫˈɡadu]; 15 May 1906 – 13 February 1965) was a Portuguese General of the Air Force, diplomat and politician. He is known for being a prominent opponent of the dictatorial Estad”

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From the source: “Humberto da Silva Delgado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ũˈbɛɾtu dɛɫˈɡadu]; 15 May 1906 – 13 February 1965) was a Portuguese General of the Air Force, diplomat and politician. He is known for being a prominent opponent of the dictatorial Estad”

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