Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Alfredo Nobre da Costa | |
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| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 28 August 1978 – 22 November 1978 | |
| President | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Deputy | Carlos Costa Freitas |
| Preceded by | Mário Soares |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Mota Pinto |
| Minister of Industry and Technology | |
| In office 25 March 1977 – 30 January 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Mário Soares |
| Preceded by | António Sousa Gomes |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Melancia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1923 Lapa, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 4 February 1996 (aged 72) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama |
Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa, GCC, ComC, OMRI (Lisbon, 10 September 1923 – Lisbon, 4 February 1996), commonly known as Nobre da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɔbɾ(ɨ) dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]), was a Portuguese engineer and politician.
A moderate independent center-left politician, he was chosen by President António Ramalho Eanes to lead a government that would finish the four-year legislative term which had been initiated in the 1976 Portuguese legislative election. His cabinet consisted of independents. However, it failed to gain a majority in the Assembly of the Republic, and Nobre da Costa resigned. He was replaced by Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto.
Early life[]
He was the only son of Alfredo Henrique Andresen da Costa (born 4 November 1893), who was of Goan, Italian, French and/or Catalan, Danish and Portuguese ancestry, and Maria Helena Nobre.
He graduated from Instituto Superior Técnico.
Personal life[]
He married Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama on 5 May 1951 and had a single daughter, Vera Maria Nobre da Costa (born 5 February 1952).
Honours[]
Commander of the Order of Christ, Portugal (15 September 1961)[1]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Christ, Portugal (9 April 1981)[2]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Italy (11 April 1985)[3]
References[]
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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