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José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro

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José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro
Governor of Macau
In office
19 November 1974 – 27 November 1979
PresidentFrancisco da Costa Gomes
António Ramalho Eanes
Prime MinisterVasco dos Santos Gonçalves
José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo
Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares
Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto
Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo
Preceded byJosé Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho
Succeeded byNuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio
Personal details
Born1939 (age 84–85)
Luanda, Angola, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Alma materColégio Militar
Military Academy
Chinese name
Chinese李安道
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Āndào
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinglei5 on1 dou6

José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro (born 1939) is a Portuguese lieutenant-general and former colonial administrator. he is currently a member of the General Council of Universidade Aberta, professor at the Institute of Political Studies at the Catholic University of Portugal, curator and administrator of the Jorge Álvares Foundation and corresponding academic at the International Academy of Portuguese Culture.[1]

Biography

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Leandro began his military career at the Colégio Militar in 1950. He joined the Military Academy in 1957, where he completed the Artillery course in 1960. Later, he had mobilized for various service commissions in Angola, Guinea, Timor and Macau.[1]

He served as chief of staff of Governor of Timor from 1968 to 1970.[1] On 19 November 1974, he was appointed the Governor of Macau, replacing José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho.[2] During his tenure, he drew up the Estatuto Orgânico de Macau,[3] an organic law which was later approved by Portuguese legislation on 17 February 1976, reclassified Macau as a "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration" (território chinês sob administração portuguesa).[4] He left office on 27 November 1979.[2]

Works

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  • Timor: um país para o século XXI
  • Macau nos Anos da Revolução Portuguesa 1974-1979

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Garcia Leandro, Biografia". gradiva.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  2. ^ a b "澳門百科全書 附件三:人名錄". Virtual library of Macau (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  3. ^ On the Necessity of Maintaining the Working Structure of the Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR
  4. ^ "Texto integral do Estatuto Orgânico de Macau" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2008-03-23.
  5. ^ a b c "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas" (in Portuguese). Presidência da República Portuguesa. Retrieved 2016-03-18. Search results for "José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro"
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Macau
1974–1979
Succeeded by