José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo
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José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, GCL (pron. IPA [ʒu'zɛ ba'tiʃtɐ pi'ɲɐiɾu dɨ ɐzɨ'vedu]; 1917 - 1983) was a Portuguese political figure, reformer and revolutionary. He helped overthrow Marcelo Caetano in 1974. He served as the prime minister of Portugal between 19 September 1975 and 23 July 1976. He unsuccessfully contested the 1976 Presidential Election.
[edit] Presidential Elections of 27 June 1976
| Portuguese Presidential Election, 1976 - First Round (June 27) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||||
| António Ramalho Eanes |
|
2,967,137 | 60.8% | |||||
| Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho |
|
792,760 | 16.2% | |||||
| José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo |
|
692,147 | 14.2% | |||||
| Octávio Rodrigues Pato |
|
365,586 | 07.5% | |||||
| Invalid Ballots | 43,242 | 00.9% | ||||||
| Blank Ballots | 20,253 | 00.4% | ||||||
| Total: | 4,881,125 | - | ||||||
- Registed voters: 6,467,480
- Turnout: 75.47%
- (Source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)
| Preceded by: Vasco Gonçalves |
Prime Minister of Portugal 1975–1976 |
Succeeded by: Mário Soares |
| Prime Ministers of Portugal since the Carnation Revolution (1974) |  |
|---|---|
| National Salvation Junta - Palma Carlos - Vasco Gonçalves - Pinheiro de Azevedo - Almeida Costa - Mário Soares - Nobre da Costa - Mota Pinto - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo - Sá Carneiro - Freitas do Amaral - Pinto Balsemão - Mário Soares - Cavaco Silva - António Guterres - Durão Barroso - Santana Lopes - José Sócrates |
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