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Vasco Fernando Leote (sometimes spelled Leotte) de Almeida e Costa is a Portuguese naval officer and politician who served as Minister of Internal Administration during José Pinheiro de Azevedo's government, between 19 September 1975 and 23 July 1976. He also had an important role during the Portuguese decolonization period. From 23 June 1976 he became interim Prime Minister after Pinheiro de Azevedo had suffered a heart attack during his presidential campaign. He remained Prime Minister interim for the rest of Pinheiro de Azevedo's mandate, when he was substituted by democratically-elected Mário Soares. He was also Governor of Macau from 16 June 1981 to 15 May 1986.
