(1936-2018) He joined the army and went to the Army School in 1953. He served in several units of the Armed Forces and did two missions in Africa. He was Commander-in-Chief of Madeira, Director of the Institute for Advanced Military Studies, Chief of the General Staff, head of government and Commander-in-Chief of Cape Verde, Permanent Secretary of the Council of the Revolution, member of the Council of the Revolution and Minister of National Defence. He was a member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and a member of the Scientific Council of the Centre for Security and Defence Research at the Institute for Advanced Military Studies (IESM), the Honour Council at the School of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) and a member (co-opted) of the General Council of Nova University Lisbon. He has 15 published works on Strategy, Security and Defence, History and International Relations.

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