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António de Oliveira Salazar
Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the Ditadura Nacional, he reframed the regime as the corporatist Estado Novo, with himself as a dictator. The regime he created lasted until 1974, making it one of the longest-lived authoritarian regimes in modern Europe.
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AI Generated- 28 April 1889António de Oliveira Salazar was born.
- 28 May 1926Salazar gained support from President Óscar Carmona after the coup d'état and entered public life as finance minister.
- 1930Salazar created the National Union and expressed his opposition to political parties.