Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Portuguese engineer and politician (1923–1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Alfredo Bruto da Costa.
Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa, GCC, ComC, OMRI (10 September 1923 – 1 April 1996), commonly known as Nobre da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɔβɾɨ ðɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]), was a Portuguese engineer and politician who briefly served as prime minister of Portugal from August to November 1978.
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Alfredo Nobre da Costa | |
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Prime Minister of Portugal | |
In office 28 August 1978 – 22 November 1978 | |
President | António Ramalho Eanes |
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 |
Secretary of State for Heavy Industry | |
In office 14 January 1976 – 23 July 1976 | |
Prime Minister | José Pinheiro de Azevedo |
Preceded by | Mário Cardoso dos Santos |
Succeeded by | Carlos Melancia |
Personal details | |
Born | (1923-09-10)10 September 1923 Lapa, Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | 1 April 1996(1996-04-01) (aged 72) Lisbon, Portugal |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama |
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A moderate independent center-left politician, he was appointed by President António Ramalho Eanes to serve as prime minister 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.