Alfredo Nobre da Costa

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Nobre da Costa
Alfredo Nobre da Costa

108th Prime Minister of Portugal (54th of the Republic, 6th since the Carnation Revolution)
In office
August 28, 1978 – November 22, 1978
Preceded by Mário Soares
Succeeded by Carlos Mota Pinto

Born 1923
Died 1 April 1996
Political party Independent

Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa, GCC (1923April 1, 1996), commonly known just by Nobre da Costa, pron. IPA: ['nɔbɾ(ɨ) dɐ 'kɔʃtɐ]. 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 Portuguese legislative election, 1976. 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 another independent, Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto.


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