Pedro Correia de Barros
{{Short description|Portuguese navy officer and colonial administrator}}
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|office = Governor of Macau
|term_start = 8 March 1957
|term_end = 18 September 1959
|president = Francisco Craveiro Lopes
Américo Tomás
|primeminister = António de Oliveira Salazar
|predecessor = Joaquim Marques Esparteiro
|successor = Jaime Silvério Marques
|office2 = Governor-general of Mozambique
|term_start2 = 1958
|term_end2 = 1961
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|predecessor2 = Gabriel Maurício Teixeira
|successor2 = Manuel Sarmento Rodrigues
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|birth_place = Loulé, Portugal
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1968|2|2|1911|6|20}}
|death_place = Lisbon, Portugal
|nationality = Portuguese
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Pedro Correia de Barros (20 June 1911 – 2 February 1968) was a Portuguese navy officer and colonial administrator.
Biography
Barros was born in Loulé. He graduated from the Naval School in 1932. He also had taken the courses of seaplane military observer pilot (1937) and the general naval war course (1949). On 8 March 1957, Barros was appointed the Governor of Macau, replacing Joaquim Marques Esparteiro. He left office on 18 September 1959.{{cite web |url=http://www.macaudata.com/macaubook/encyclopedia/documents/690.htm |title= 澳門百科全書 附件三:人名錄 |accessdate=2020-03-30 |work=Virtual library of Macau |language=zh}} He served as High Commissioner and Governor-General of Mozambique between 1958 and 1961.[https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mozambique.htm World statesmen: Mozambique][http://rulers.org/rulm2.html#mozambique Rulers: Mozambique]{{cite web |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18542751 |title=de Barros, Pedro Correia, 1911-1968 |work= National Archives Catalog |accessdate=30 March 2020 }}
In December 1966, political demonstrations and rioting against Portuguese rule in Macau occurred, which was known as the 12-3 incident. As a former governor, Barros was sent to investigate the present situation of Macau. He requested negotiations, but was rejected by the Guangdong government.{{cite web |title=葡萄牙殖民管治時期 |url=https://www.macaudata.com/macaubook/book090/html/0135001.htm#0135012 |accessdate=30 March 2020 |language=zh}}
Honours
- Commander of Military Order of Aviz (27 September 1954){{cite web |url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=155 |title=Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas|author=|date=|publisher=Presidência da República Portuguesa |accessdate=2020-03-30 |language=pt|quote=Search results for "Pedro Correia de Barros"}}
- Grand-officer of Order of the Colonial Empire (2 September 1961)
- Officier of Order of the Black Star (France, 8 January 1954){{cite web |url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=155 |title=Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas|author=|date=|publisher=Presidência da República Portuguesa |accessdate=2020-03-30 |language=pt|quote=Search results for "Pedro Correia de Barros"}}
- Grand-officer of Order of the Star of Grand Comoro (Morocco, 5 June 1956)
- 3rd Class Cross of Order of Naval Merit (Spain, 20 August 1965)
References
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Category:Governors-general of Mozambique
Category:Commanders of the Order of Aviz