Vasco de Almeida e Costa
| Vasco de Almeida e Costa | |
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| 135th Governor of Macau | |
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In office 16 June 1981 – 15 May 1986 | |
| President |
António Ramalho Eanes Mário Soares |
| Preceded by | Nuno de Melo Egídio |
| Succeeded by | Joaquim Pinto Machado |
| Acting Prime Minister of Portugal | |
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In office 23 June 1976 – 23 July 1976 | |
| President |
Francisco da Costa Gomes António Ramalho Eanes |
| Preceded by | José Pinheiro de Azevedo |
| Succeeded by | Mário Soares |
| Minister of the Internal Administration | |
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In office 19 September 1975 – 23 July 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | José Pinheiro de Azevedo |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Cândido de Moura |
| Succeeded by | Manuel da Costa Brás |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 July 1932 São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died |
25 July 2010 (aged 77) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Claudiana da Costa de Faria Araújo |
Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa, GCIH, GCL (26 July 1932 – 25 July 2010) was a Portuguese naval officer and politician who served as Minister of Internal Administration during José Pinheiro de Azevedo's government, between 19 September 1975 and 23 July 1976. He also had an important role during the Portuguese decolonization period. From 23 June 1976 he became interim Prime Minister after Pinheiro de Azevedo suffered a heart attack during his presidential campaign. He remained the 106th Prime Minister of Portugal as an interim official for the rest of Pinheiro de Azevedo's mandate, when he was substituted by the democratically-elected Mário Soares. He was also the 134th Governor of Macau from 16 June 1981 to 15 May 1986.
He was the son of Américo de Almeida e Costa and wife Julieta da Conceição Leotte and married in Viana do Castelo, Meadela, at the Chapel of São Vicente, on 11 January 1959 to Maria Claudiana da Costa de Faria Araújo (b. Viana do Castelo, Meadela, House of o Ameal, 17 May 1935), one of the fourteen children of a couple of Northern Portuguese Nobility, and by whom he had issue.
He died one day before his 78th birthday.
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| Preceded by José Pinheiro de Azevedo |
Prime Minister of Portugal (Interim) 1976 |
Succeeded by Mário Soares |
| Preceded by Nuno de Melo Egídio |
Governor of Macau 1981–1986 |
Succeeded by Joaquim Pinto Machado |
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