António Lopes dos Santos | |
Office: | Governor of Macau |
Term Start: | 17 April 1962 |
Term End: | July 1966 |
President: | Américo Tomás |
Primeminister: | António de Oliveira Salazar |
Predecessor: | Jaime Silvério Marques |
Office2: | Governor of Cape Verde |
Term Start2: | 1969 |
Term End2: | 1974 |
President2: | Américo Tomás |
Primeminister2: | Marcelo Caetano |
Predecessor2: | Leão Maria Tavares Rosado do Sacramento Monteiro |
Successor2: | Basílio Pina de Oliveira Seguro |
Birth Date: | 1919 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Portugal |
Death Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Nationality: | Portuguese |
António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos (28 December 1919 – 11 May 2009) was a Portuguese army general and colonial administrator.[1]
He held top military posts both before and after the 1974 Carnation Revolution.[1] He was district governor of Portuguese Mozambique from 1959 until 1962.[1] He was Governor of Macau from 17 April 1962 until July 1966,[2] and chief of staff of Macau's garrison.[1] He was appointed the Senior Assistant to the Portuguese Guinea Commander in Chief under Governor António de Spínola from 1968 until 1970.[3] He was military commander in Portuguese Guinea between 1968 and 1970.[1] He was governor of Portuguese Cape Verde from 13 March 1969 until 1974.[4]
Following the 25 April 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal, Antonio Lopes dos Santos became Deputy Army Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Army. He also became head of both the Military Studies Centre and the Military Disciplinary High Council. Lopes dos Santos last official appointment was as the director of the Portuguese National Defense Institute.[3] He remained involved in relations between Macau and Portugal, and was the president of the Jorge Álvares Foundation from 2000 until his death in 2009.[3] He also served as the head of the Portugal-China Friendship Association (AAPC).[3]