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António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes GColTE, GCL, CavA, KE (pronounced [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu ʁɐˈmaʎu ˈiɐnɨʃ]; born in Alcains, Castelo Branco, January 25, 1935), son of António dos Santos Eanes, a general contractor, and wife Maria do Rosário Ramalho and brother of João, is a Portuguese military officer and politician.
After a long military career in the Colonial Wars, he was stationed in Angola when the April 25 revolution took place. He joined the Movimento das Forças Armadas (MFA or Armed Forces Movement) and after returning to Portugal, he was made president of RTP (Portuguese public television). He ordered the military operations against the radical fraction of the Armed Forces Movement) on 25 November 1975, ending that year's "hot summer".
António Ramalho Eanes (left), while president, departs after a state visit to the United States. Secretary of State George Schultz is on the right. (USAF)
In 1976 he was elected President of Portugal. At the end of 1980 he was re-elected, serving until February 1986. After his presidency, he headed the Democratic Renewal Party (Portuguese: Partido Renovador Democrático), resigning in 1987.
In 1985 he was given the honorary British award of Royal Victorian Chain.
He is married, at the Palace of Queluz on October 28, 1970, to Maria Manuela Duarte Neto de Portugal Ramalho Eanes, born on December 29, 1938, who was one of Portugal's most politically active first ladies, making speeches at Democratic Renewal Party rallies while her husband was president. They had two sons, Manuel António (May 5, 1972) and Miguel (1977).
[edit] Electoral results
Official portrait of President Eanes.
[edit] 1976 Portuguese presidential elections
| Portuguese Presidential Election, 1976 - First Round (June 27) |
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| António Ramalho Eanes |
Independent
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2,967,137 |
60.8% |
| Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho |
Independent
|
792,760 |
16.2% |
| Pinheiro de Azevedo |
Independent
|
692,147 |
14.2% |
| Octávio Pato |
PCP
|
365,586 |
07.5% |
| Invalid Ballots |
|
43,242 |
00.9% |
| Blank Ballots |
|
20,253 |
00.4% |
| Total: |
|
4,881,125 |
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- Registered voters: 6,467,480
- Turnout: 75.47%
[edit] 1980 Portuguese presidential elections
| Portuguese Presidential Election, 1980 - First Round (July 12) |
| Candidate |
Party |
Vote |
Percent |
| Ramalho Eanes |
Independent
|
3,262,520 |
55.9% |
| Soares Carneiro |
PSD
|
2,325,481 |
39.8% |
| Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho |
Left-Wing Independent
|
85,896 |
1.5% |
| Carlos Galvão de Melo |
Right-Wing Independent
|
48,468 |
0.8% |
| António Pires Veloso |
Independent
|
45,132 |
0.8% |
| Aires Rodrigues |
POUS
|
12,745 |
0.2% |
| Carlos Brito |
PCP (left the race)
|
0 |
0.0% |
| Invalid Ballots |
|
44,014 |
0.8% |
| Blank Ballots |
|
16,076 |
0.3% |
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Total: |
5,840,332 |
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- Registered Voters: 6,920,869
- Turnout: 84.39%
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