Luís Araújo

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Esteves and the second or paternal family name is Araújo.

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]

General Luís Araújo
Araújo as a Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force
Born	(1949-02-25)25 February 1949 Porto, Portugal
Died	2 December 2023(2023-12-02) (aged 74) Cascais, Portugal
Allegiance	Portugal
Service / branch	Airforce
Years of service	1966–2011
Rank	General
Awards	Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ (2014) War Cross (Class II) [a] (Portugal) (1977)

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

• 1966 – 1971: Portuguese Military Academy
• October 1972 – October 1974: Flew 1000 hours operational duty over the north of Mozambique in an Alouette III^[1]

External links

• "Portuguese Armed Forces - Biography of the Chief of Staff". Archived from the original on 30 October 2006.

Notes

1. Portuguese: Cruz de Guerra Class II – Device is a gold cross

References

1. "Cruz de Guerra: General Piloto-Aviador Luis Araújo; Herói da Cruz de Guerra". 2014.
2. "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. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
3. Morreu o general Luís Araújo, antigo chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas (in Portuguese)