Nationality Portuguese Name Manuel Meireles | Role Politician | |
Born 14 December 1880 Freixo de Espada a Cinta, Portugal Occupation Portuguese Navy officer and a politician Died March 11, 1962, Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Manuel Quintão Meireles (14 December 1880 – 11 March 1962) was a Portuguese Navy officer and a politician. He initially supported the Military Dictatorship, after the 28 May 1926 revolution, but later moved to the Democratic Opposition side. In 1951, he was the moderate candidate at the presidential elections against the regime candidate, general Francisco Craveiro Lopes, but he withdraw three days before, for not having the minimal acceptable conditions of a fair dispute.
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