Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa, GCC, ComC, OMRI (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.
Alfredo Nobre da Costa | |
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Prime Minister of Portugal | |
In office 28 August 1978 – 22 November 1978 | |
President | António Ramalho Eanes |
Deputy | Carlos Costa Freitas |
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 | Lapa, Lisbon, Portugal | 10 September 1923
Died | 4 February 1996 72) Lisbon, Portugal | (aged
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama |
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 1976 Portuguese legislative election. 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).
Honours
Commander of the Order of Christ, Portugal (15 September 1961)[1]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Christ, Portugal (9 April 1981)[2]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Italy (11 April 1985)[3]
References
- "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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Preceded by Mário Soares |
Prime Minister of Portugal 1978 |
Succeeded by Carlos Mota Pinto |