António de Oliveira Salazar is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists António de Oliveira Salazar as Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970).
António de Oliveira Salazar was born at Freguesia de Vimieiro in 1889. His recorded nationality is Portugal. He was educated at University of Coimbra.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
He served as Prime Minister of Portugal (1932–1968) and Interim President of the Portuguese Republic (1951–1951).
His political affiliation is recorded as National Union and Catholic Centre Party.
The test of a public life is what remained possible afterwards that had not been possible before.
Formal honours included the Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1939), Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Alfonso X (1949), Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry and Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1953).
That the career was made in Portugal is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
António de Oliveira Salazar died in 1970, aged 81. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Prime Minister of Portugal (1932–1968)
- Interim President of the Portuguese Republic (1951–1951)
- Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic — 1939
- Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Alfonso X — 1949
- Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
- Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany — 1953
- Educated at University of Coimbra
