José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo
{{Short description|Portuguese politician (1917–1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = José Pinheiro de Azevedo
|image = 210px
|order =
|office = Prime Minister of Portugal
|term_start = 19 September 1975
|term_end = 23 June 1976
|president = Francisco da Costa Gomes
|predecessor = Vasco Gonçalves
|successor = Mário Soares
|office1 = Minister of National Defence
|term_start1 = 19 September 1975
|term_end1 = 23 July 1976
|primeminister1 = Himself
|predecessor1 = Silvano Ribeiro
|successor1 = Mário Firmino Miguel
|office2 = Chief of the Navy General Staff
|term_start2 = 26 April 1974
|term_end2 = 28 November 1975
|predecessor2 = Armando Júlio de Roboredo e Silva
|successor2 = António Egídio de Sousa Leitão
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1917|06|05}}
|birth_place = Luanda, Portuguese Angola
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|08|10|1917|06|05|df=yes}}
|death_place = Lisbon, Portugal
|spouse =
|party = Independent (before 1976)
Christian Democratic (from 1976)
|occupation = Naval officer
| alma_mater = Portuguese Navy School
| allegiance = {{flag|Portugal}}
| branch = {{navy|Portugal}}
| serviceyears = 1937–1976
| rank = Admiral
| battles =
| commands =
| awards =
}}
{{pre-nominal styles|pre-noms=Admiral}} José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo {{post-nominals|post-noms=GCL}} ({{IPA|pt|ʒuˈzɛ βaˈtiʃtɐ piˈɲɐjɾu ðɨ ɐzɨˈveðu}}; 5 June 1917 – 10 August 1983) was a Portuguese political figure, reformer and revolutionary. He helped overthrow Marcelo Caetano in 1974. He served as the 104th prime minister of Portugal between 19 September 1975 and 23 June 1976. He ran for president in 1976, and lost.
Biography
Pinheiro de Azevedo was born on 5 June 1917 in Luanda, but moved to Portugal several years later. In the 1960s, he joined the Movement for Democratic Unity and was a supporter of the Presidential candidacies of José Norton de Matos, Manuel Quintão Meireles and Humberto Delgado.
Pinheiro de Azevedo served in the Portuguese Colonial War, as an admiral in charge of the maritime defense of Portuguese Angola.
After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, he was appointed to the National Salvation Junta, and was committed to the cause of democratization in Portugal.
On 29 August 1975 he became Prime Minister of the Sixth Provisional Government replacing ousted prime minister Vasco Gonçalves.
At the end of his tenure as prime minister, he was replaced for the final 30 days by Vasco Almeida e Costa, Minister of Internal Administration. Pinheiro had suffered a heart attack on 23 June while campaigning in Porto"Lisbon Premier Stricken in Presidential Campaign", by Marvine Howe, The New York Times, 24 June 1976, p. 6 for the Portuguese presidency as one of the independent candidates in the 27 June presidential election. He was taken to a hospital and was still recovering when President António Ramalho Eanes appointed Mario Soares as the new premier.
Electoral history
= Presidential election, 1976=
{{Main|1976 Portuguese presidential election}}
{{election table|title=Ballot: 27 June 1976}}
|-
! colspan="2" |Candidate
! Votes
! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|
| align=left |António Ramalho Eanes || 2,967,137 || 61.6
|-
| style="background:#810000;"|
| align=left |Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho || 792,760 || 16.5
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"|
| align=left |José Pinheiro de Azevedo || 692,147 || 14.4
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
| align=left |Octávio Pato || 365,586 || 7.6
|-
| colspan="2" align="left"| Blank/Invalid ballots
| 63,495 || –
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="left"| Turnout
| 4,881,125 || 75.47
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições{{cite web |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_pr_1976.pdf |title=Resultados PR 1976 |work=Comissão Nacional de Eleições |access-date=6 August 2024}}
|}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{S-start}}
{{S-mil}}
{{S-bef| before = Armando Júlio de Roboredo e Silva}}
{{S-ttl| title = Chief of the General Staff of the Navy|years=1974–1975}}
{{S-aft| after = António Egídio de Sousa Leitão}}
{{S-off}}
{{S-bef| before = Silvano Ribeiro}}
{{S-ttl| title = Minister of National Defence|years=1975–1976}}
{{S-aft| after = Mário Firmino Miguel}}
{{S-bef| before = Vasco Gonçalves}}
{{S-ttl| title = Prime Minister of Portugal|years=1975–1976}}
{{S-aft| after = Mário Soares}}
{{S-end}}
{{PMPortugal1974}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Politicians from Luanda
Category:Prime ministers of Portugal