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]
José Eduardo Martinho Garcia Leandro | |||||||||||
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| Governor of Macau | |||||||||||
| In office 19 November 1974 – 27 November 1979 | |||||||||||
| President | Francisco da Costa Gomes António Ramalho Eanes | ||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Vasco 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 by | José Manuel de Sousa e Faro Nobre de Carvalho | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio | ||||||||||
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| Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Luanda, Angola, Portugal | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Colégio Militar Military Academy | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 李安道 | ||||||||||
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Biography
editLeandro 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
edit- Timor: um país para o século XXI
- Macau nos Anos da Revolução Portuguesa 1974-1979
Honours
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Grand Cross of Order of Prince Henry (13 January 1981)[5]
Knight of Military Order of Aviz (14 July 1983)[5]
Commander of Military Order of Aviz (10 June 1992)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Garcia Leandro, Biografia". gradiva.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ a b "澳門百科全書 附件三:人名錄". Virtual library of Macau (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ On the Necessity of Maintaining the Working Structure of the Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR
- ^ "Texto integral do Estatuto Orgânico de Macau" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2008-03-23.
- ^ a b c "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas" (in Portuguese). Presidência da República Portuguesa. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
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