Prime Minister of Portugal. Portuguese politician, lawyer, and university professor. He was an opponent of the fascist regime of the Estado Novo (New State) of António de Oliveira Salazar since his youth, and, being a liberal rather than a socialist, he was chosen by President António de Spínola, as the 103rd and the first prime minister after the April 25, 1974 revolution. He was also the 11th Bastonary of the Portuguese Bar Association. His 1st Provisional Government was in power from May 15 to July 17, 1974. As an independent, he chose cabinet members from widely divergent political parties and positions, including members of the then center-left Popular Democratic Party, the Socialist Party and even the Portuguese Communist Party and the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) officers. The ideological diversity of the government seems to be one of the main reasons why the government didn't last, being the other the calling for anticipated presidential elections before the Constituent Assembly election in 1975. He was replaced by Colonel Vasco Gonçalves, a choice that Spínola would later regret. After leaving office, Palma Carlos was the national representative of General António Ramalho Eanes for the 1980 Presidential Elections.
Prime Minister of Portugal. Portuguese politician, lawyer, and university professor. He was an opponent of the fascist regime of the Estado Novo (New State) of António de Oliveira Salazar since his youth, and, being a liberal rather than a socialist, he was chosen by President António de Spínola, as the 103rd and the first prime minister after the April 25, 1974 revolution. He was also the 11th Bastonary of the Portuguese Bar Association. His 1st Provisional Government was in power from May 15 to July 17, 1974. As an independent, he chose cabinet members from widely divergent political parties and positions, including members of the then center-left Popular Democratic Party, the Socialist Party and even the Portuguese Communist Party and the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) officers. The ideological diversity of the government seems to be one of the main reasons why the government didn't last, being the other the calling for anticipated presidential elections before the Constituent Assembly election in 1975. He was replaced by Colonel Vasco Gonçalves, a choice that Spínola would later regret. After leaving office, Palma Carlos was the national representative of General António Ramalho Eanes for the 1980 Presidential Elections.
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