Alfredo Nobre da Costa

Alfredo Nobre da Costa
106th Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
28 August 1978  22 November 1978
President António Ramalho Eanes
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 (Lisbon, Lapa, 10 September 1923 Lisbon, 4 February 1996), commonly known just by Nobre da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɔbɾ(ɨ) dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]), was a Portuguese engineer and politician.

He was the only son of Alfredo Henrique Andresen da Costa (b. 4 November 1893), of Goan, Italian, French and/or Catalan, Danish and Portuguese ancestry, and wife Portuguese Maria Helena Nobre.

He graduated from Instituto Superior Técnico.

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 Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto.

He married on 5 May 1951 Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama and had a single daughter Vera Maria Nobre da Costa (b. 5 February 1952).