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Manuel Quintão Meireles

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Manuel Quintão Meireles
Born14 December 1880
Died11 March 1962 (1962-03-12) (aged 81)
NationalityPortuguese
Occupation(s)Portuguese Navy officer and a politician

Manuel Quintão Meireles (14 December 1880 – 11 March 1962) was a Portuguese Navy officer and a politician. He initially supported the Military Dictatorship, after the 28 May 1926 revolution, but later moved to the Democratic Opposition side. In 1951, he was the moderate candidate at the presidential elections against the regime candidate, general Francisco Craveiro Lopes, but he withdraw three days before, for not having the minimal acceptable conditions of a fair dispute.