Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio

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|office = Governor of Macau

|term_start = 28 November 1979

|term_end = 16 June 1981

|president = António Ramalho Eanes

|primeminister = Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo
Francisco Sá Carneiro
Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral
Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão

|predecessor = José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro

|successor = Vasco de Almeida e Costa

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|2|18}}

|birth_place = Tomar, Portugal

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|12|7|1922|2|18}}

|death_place = Lisbon, Portugal

|nationality = Portuguese

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Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio (Tomar, 18 February 1922 – Lisbon, 7 December 2011) was a Portuguese general.

He served as Governor of Macau from 1979 to 1981. He was also head of the Armed Forces General Staff from 1981 to 1984.[http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/32203-Former-Macau-governor-Melo-Egdio-passes-away.html Former Macau governor Melo Egídio passes away] Macau Daily Times, 8 December 2011[http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/melo-egidio-obito-general-macau-tvi24/1306094-4071.html Morreu antigo CEMGFA e governador de Macau] tvi 24, 7 December 2011 (Portuguese)

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Category:2011 deaths

Category:Portuguese generals

Category:Governors of Macau

Category:1922 births

Category:People from Tomar

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