Luís Araújo Explained

Honorific Prefix:	General
Luís Araújo
Birth Date:	25 February 1949
Birth Place:	Porto, Portugal
Death Place:	Cascais, Portugal
Allegiance:	Portugal
Branch:	Airforce
Serviceyears:	19662011
Rank:	General
Awards:	Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ (2014) (1977)

General Luís Evangelista Esteves de Araújo (25 February 1949 – 2 December 2023) was a Portuguese military officer who served as the Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force and as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces from 2011 to 6 February 2014.^[1]

Araújo was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ in 2014.^[2]

Araújo died on 2 December 2023, at the age of 74.^[3]

Military Service

• 19661971: Portuguese Military Academy
• October 1972October 1974: Flew 1000 hours operational duty over the north of Mozambique in an Alouette III

External links

• Web site: Portuguese Armed Forces - Biography of the Chief of Staff. https://web.archive.org/web/20061030105004/http://www.emfa.pt/www/organizacao/biografia.php?lang=ing&key=cemfa. 30 October 2006 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cruz de Guerra: General Piloto-Aviador Luis Araújo; Herói da Cruz de Guerra. 2014.
2. Web site: President decorated General Luis Araújo and Admiral Saldanha Lopes with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ - NEWS - PRESIDENCIA.PT . www.presidencia.pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082120/http://www.presidencia.pt/index.php?idc=10&idi=83607&idl=2 . 24 September 2015.
3. https://www.dn.pt/sociedade/morreu-o-general-luis-araujo-antigo-chefe-do-estado-maior-general-das-forcas-armadas-17438878.html Morreu o general Luís Araújo, antigo chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas