ANTóNIO RAMALHO EANES

'António Ramalho Eanes'

António Ramalho Eanes
President of Portugal
'Order:'	17th (3rd since the Carnation revolution)
'Term of Office'	July 14, 1976 - March 9, 1986
'Predecessor:'	Francisco da Costa Gomes
'Successor:'	Mário Soares
'Date of Birth'	January 25, 1935
'Place of Birth:'	Alcains, Castelo Branco
'Wife:'	Maria Manuela Duarte Neto de Portugal Eanes
'Occupation:'	Military officer (General), President of the Administration of RTP
'Political Party:'	Independent (later, Democratic Renovator)

'António' dos Santos 'Ramalho Eanes' GColTE, GCL, KE (pron. IPA []; born in Alcains, Castelo Branco, January 25, 1935) 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".

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 to Maria Manuela Duarte Neto de Portugal Eanes, who was one of Portugal's most politically active first ladies, making speeches at Democratic Renewal Party rallies while her husband was president.

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Electoral results

1976 Portuguese presidential elections

1980 Portuguese presidential elections

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Electoral results

1976 Portuguese presidential elections

'Portuguese Presidential Election, 1976 - First Round (June 27)'
Candidate	Party	Votes	%
António Ramalho Eanes	Independent	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	-

★ Registered voters: 6,467,480

★ Turnout: 75.47%

★ (Source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)

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%
	Total:	5,840,332	-

★ Registered Voters: '6,920,869'

★ Turnout: '84.39%'

★ (Source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)

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★ Biography in portuguese