Portuguese general, diplomat and politician (1906–1965)
For the United States Virgin Islands international footballer, see Humberto Delgado (footballer).
General
Humberto Delgado
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Born
(1906-05-15)15 May 1906
Torres Novas, Portugal
Died
13 February 1965(1965-02-13) (aged 58)
Olivenza, Spain
Occupation(s)
Military Diplomat
Known for
Founding TAP Air Portugal Attempts to overthrow the Salazar Regime
Spouse
Maria Iva Theriaga Leitão Tavares de Andrade
Children
3
Humberto da Silva Delgado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ũˈbɛɾtu dɛɫˈɡadu]; 15 May 1906 – 13 February 1965) was a General of the Portuguese Air Force, diplomat and politician.
Humberto da Silva Delgado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ũˈbɛɾtu dɛɫˈɡadu]; 15 May 1906 – 13 February 1965) was a General of the Portuguese Air Force, diplomat...
HumbertoDelgado Airport (IATA: LIS, ICAO: LPPT), informally Lisbon Airport and previously Portela Airport, is an international airport located seven kilometres...
Jersey. In 2012, he starred as General HumbertoDelgado in the Portuguese film Operation Autumn, a film about Delgado's brutal assassination in Spain by the...
is believed to have carried out the high-profile assassinations of HumbertoDelgado and Eduardo Mondlane. Following the Carnation Revolution in 1974, Monteiro...
General HumbertoDelgado, who ran as an independent in an attempt to challenge the regime. When asked if he would retain Salazar if elected, Delgado famously...
in the election, and the latter supported Delgado in 1958. After the electoral fraud of 1958, HumbertoDelgado formed the Independent National Movement...
regime, who were often tortured, imprisoned or killed. In 1958, General HumbertoDelgado, a former member of the regime, stood against the regime's presidential...
seven-year term. His only opponent in the preceding 1958 election, general HumbertoDelgado, had been assassinated in early 1965 following an attempt to return...
the center and south of Portugal, scheduled to replace the current HumbertoDelgado Airport as Lisbon's main airport After years of debate and public consultation...
about the operation that lead to the brutal assassination of General HumbertoDelgado, killed by the Portuguese police in 1965, during the Estado Novo regime...
Porto Salvo, Oeiras. It mainly operates charter flights from Lisbon HumbertoDelgado Airport on behalf of tour operators as well as on lease on behalf of...
Luis HumbertoDelgado Aparicio Porta (28 September 1940 – 2 April 2015) was a Peruvian politician. He served in the Congress of the Republic of Peru from...
many deaths in custody. In 1965, the former candidate for president, HumbertoDelgado, and his Brazilian secretary, Arajaryr Campos, were assassinated close...
Portugal Faro Faro Airport Base Funchal Madeira Airport Base Lisbon HumbertoDelgado Airport Base Ponta Delgada João Paulo II Airport Porto Porto Airport...
Iberian dictatorships. The organization had two general secretaries: HumbertoDelgado (Portuguese) and Xosé Velo Mosquera (Galician). The first action of...
trial were those responsible for the death of exiled opposition leader HumbertoDelgado. They were tried in absentia and the case dragged on for several years...
Armenian genocide. The bodies of Portuguese opposition politician HumbertoDelgado and his secretary Arajaryr Moreira de Campos are found in a forest...
and Governor of the province of Angola. Portuguese opposition leader HumbertoDelgado went to the Brazilian embassy in Lisbon on January 12, 1959, requesting...
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