Vicente Almeida d'Eça
Vice-Admiral Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça (31 July 1918 – 13 October 2018) was a Portuguese colonial administrator who served as the last Governor of Portuguese Cape Verde in 1974, and then its High Commissioner from December 1974[1] until its independence from Portugal in July 1975.[2][3] Almeida turned 100 in July 2018 and died three months later.[4][5]
External links[]
- Portuguese Naval Aviation
- This Biography was part of a project by the Level 4 Students about Adm. Almeida d'Eça
References[]
- ^ Decreto n.º 726/74, 18 December 1974
- ^ Cabo Verde, Casa comum, 40 anos independências
- ^ World Statesmen: Cape Verde profile
- ^ AOFA Home Page
- ^ VALM (Ref) Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2018 deaths
- Colonial heads of Cape Verde
- Commanders of the Order of Aviz
- Officers of the Legion of Merit
- Men centenarians
- Portuguese centenarians
- Recipients of the Order of Naval Merit (Brazil)