António Alva Rosa Coutinho

António Alva Rosa Coutinho ( born February 14, 1926 in Celorico da Beira, Portugal, † June 2, 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal) was a Portuguese politician and admiral, who was commonly called "The Red Admiral ". He was the last surviving member of the " Junta Nacional de Salvação ".

Life

António Rosa Coutinho was born in 1926 in a city in the northeast of Portugal. At 18 he joined the Navy. During the military dictatorship, he was one of the highest officers of the land, who held as Admiral and Commander high military posts.

His political career began after the bloodless coup of 1974, the so-called " Carnation Revolution ", in which he was actively involved. He was one of the seven members of the provisional government, the Junta de Salvação Nacional. In government, he was responsible for the dissolution of the secret police, PIDE and the Legião Portuguesa. As High Commissioner he was sent to Angola in 1975 and was de facto head of government who initiated the independence of Angola from Portugal and, among other things, the Convention of Alvor, transacted.

After his military and political career, he was engaged in trade with Angola.

The title "The Red Admiral " he received when he was a sympathizer, but not a member of the Communist Party of Portugal. His bald head was one of his trademarks.

Rosa Coutinho died on June 2, 2010 in Lisbon and was laid out in the Igreja de São Roque. He left a wife and a son.

Swell

• Antonio Rosa Coutinho. In: The Telegraph. June 16, 2010
• Peter Stony: Farewell to the " Red Admiral ". In: Young World. June 5, 2010

• Politicians (Portugal )
• Support of the Equestrian Order of Avis
• Of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique ( Commendatore )
• Born in 1926
• Died 2010
• Man
• Portuguese