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Óscar Carmona
Sign in to saveAlso known as António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona, Oscar Carmona, Antonio Oscar de Fragoso Carmona
11th Portuguese president (1926-1951)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Himself , José Vicente de Freitas , Artur Ivens Ferraz , Domingos Oliveira , António de Oliveira Salazar
- Preceded by
- Manuel Gomes da Costa
- Succeeded by
- Francisco Craveiro Lopes
- President
- Himself
- Deputy
- Abílio Passos e Sousa
- 1923 1923
- War
- 1926 1926
- Foreign Affairs
- Sep 1926
- Foreign Affairs (acting)
- Born
- António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona , ( 1869-11-24 ) 24 November 1869, Lisbon , Portugal
- Died
- 18 April 1951 (1951-04-18) (aged 81), Lisbon, Portugal
- Party
- National Union (1932–1951)
- Spouse
- Maria do Carmo da Silva
- Alma mater
- Military Academy
- Profession
- Army officer
- Awards
- Order of Christ , Order of Aviz , Order of St. James of the Sword
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Portugal , Portuguese Republic
- Branch service
- Portuguese Army
- Years of service
- 1889–1951
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Óscar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Place of birth
- Lisbon
- Place of death
- Lisbon
- Occupation
- revolutionary
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Portugal
- Educated at
- Portuguese Military Academy
- Political party
- National Union
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Military branch
- Portuguese Army
- Military rank
- marshal
- Image
- Fotografia oficial do Presidente da República Óscar Carmona (cropped).jpg
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- name in native language
- António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona
- place of burial
- Church of Santa Engrácia
- Commons category
- Óscar Carmona
- date of birth
- 1869-11-24
- date of death
- 1951-04-18
- start of work period
- 1889-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona ComA ComSE ComC GCA (November 24, 1869 – April 18, 1951) was a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal from 1926 until his death in 1951. Before his presidency, he served as prime minister of Portugal from 1926 to 1928, he previously served as minister of war in late 1923 and in 1926, and as minister of foreign affairs in 1926.
Political origin
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Óscar Carmona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.