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Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás, GCC, GOA, GOSE (pronounced [ɐˈmɛɾiku dɨ ˈdeuʃ ʁuˈdɾigɨʃ tuˈmaʃ]), also spelled Américo Thomaz (Lisbon, November 19, 1894 - Cascais, September 18, 1987). Portuguese admiral and politician, son of António Rodrigues Tomás (b. Ferreira do Zêzere, ca. 1870) and wife (m. Lisbon, Alcântara) Maria da Assunção Marques (b. Lisbon, Alcântara, ca. 1874). In October 1922 he married Gertrudes Ribeiro da Costa (Lisbon, February 23, 1894 - May 25, 1991), daughter of António José da Costa and wife Adelaide do Carmo Ribeiro, by whom he had two daughters: Maria Natália Rodrigues Tomás, unmarried and without issue, and Maria Madalena Rodrigues Tomás, married to writer and historian Antero de Figueiredo, and had issue. Minister of Navy in 1944. Elected president of the Republic in 1958 (in rigged elections), re-elected in 1965 and 1972 (by Parliament, whose elections were also rigged). During this time, Portugal was ruled by the authoritarian regime of António de Oliveira Salazar and the president of the republic had only a figurative role. Just once Tomás used his presidential prerogative: to dismiss Salazar when he became incapacitated by a severe stroke in September, 1968. Tomás appointed Marcello Caetano to replace Salazar as prime minister. He took a much more active role in the government after Caetano took power, and became the rallying point for hard-liners who thought that even Caetano's cosmetic reforms went too far. .jpg)
When in April 25, 1974, the "Carnation Revolution" deposed Caetano, Tomás was also overthrown and sent to exile in Brazil until 1980, when he returned to Portugal. The pompous style with which he was referred to by the compliant state media (His Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic Rear-Admiral Américo de Deus Thomaz), as contrasted by the virtual powerlessness of his office under Salazar, made him a target of frequent jokes.
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