He died in the 1980 Camarate air crash, together with his wife Maria Manuel Simões Vaz da Silva Pires, the prime minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro and Sá Carneiro's partner, Snu Abecassis, while heading to Porto to take part in a rally for the 1981 Portuguese presidential election.
Claims have been made he was the true target for assassination, for he had documents concerning the 1980 October Surprise theory and was planning on taking them to the United Nations's General Assembly. According to these affirmations, Reagan promised to sell American weapons to Iran, to replace the old Portuguese ones; the Portuguese military were acting as middlemen (two of the Portuguese Presidential candidates, in 1980, were Generals, and one of them was promptly accused as responsible for the assassination by many Sá Carneiro supporters); a boat with the weapons was almost seized at Lisbon's harbor. These affirmations are reinforced with the fact that Amaro da Costa was the one renting the plane, and Sá Carneiro a last minute passenger (possibly as a decoy).
DecorationsEdit
Adelino Amaro da Costa in front of the Cristal Palace, Porto.
He married Maria Manuel Simões Vaz da Silva Pires (August 26, 1946 – Loures, Camarate, December 4, 1980), daughter of Gustavo Correia Barata da Silva Pires and wife Maria Manuela da Silva Casaleiro Simões Vaz, without issue.
He was the brother of Manuel Rafael Lopes Amaro da Costa and the brother in law of politician Roberto Carneiro.
AncestorsEdit
Ancestors of Adelino Manuel Lopes Amaro da Costa[1]
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adelino, amaro, costa, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, octo. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Adelino Amaro da Costa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Adelino Manuel Lopes Amaro da Costa GCIH 18 April 1943 4 December 1980 was a Portuguese Politician Adelino Amaro da CostaGCIHAdelino Amaro da Costa in October 1978Minister of National DefenceIn office 3 January 1980 4 December 1980PresidentAntonio Ramalho EanesPrime MinisterFrancisco de Sa CarneiroPreceded byJose Alberto Loureiro dos SantosSucceeded byLuis de Azevedo CoutinhoPersonal detailsBorn 1943 04 18 18 April 1943Alges PortugalDied4 December 1980 1980 12 04 aged 37 Camarate PortugalPolitical partyCDS People s Party CDS PP Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 Decorations 4 Family 5 Ancestors 6 ReferencesBackground EditCosta was a son of Civil Engineer from the Instituto Superior Tecnico of the Technical University of Lisbon Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa Manuel Rafael Amaro da Costa b Odemira Sao Martinho das Amoreiras January 10 1910 of some rural Nobility descent and wife m Lisbon 1937 Joaquina da Conceicao Duarte Lopes Nunes Odemira Reliquias January 22 1914 Lisbon Alvalade June 19 1991 Career EditLike his father he was also a civil engineer by training from the Instituto Superior Tecnico of the University of Lisbon After the Carnation Revolution he founded together with Diogo Freitas do Amaral the Democratic and Social Centre CDS in which he became Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic and Minister After the victory of the Democratic Alliance a coalition between the Social Democrats the Popular Monarchists and his own party in the 1980 Portuguese legislative election he became the first civilian defence minister since the Carnation Revolution on 3 January 1980 He died in the 1980 Camarate air crash together with his wife Maria Manuel Simoes Vaz da Silva Pires the prime minister Francisco de Sa Carneiro and Sa Carneiro s partner Snu Abecassis while heading to Porto to take part in a rally for the 1981 Portuguese presidential election Claims have been made he was the true target for assassination for he had documents concerning the 1980 October Surprise theory and was planning on taking them to the United Nations s General Assembly According to these affirmations Reagan promised to sell American weapons to Iran to replace the old Portuguese ones the Portuguese military were acting as middlemen two of the Portuguese Presidential candidates in 1980 were Generals and one of them was promptly accused as responsible for the assassination by many Sa Carneiro supporters a boat with the weapons was almost seized at Lisbon s harbor These affirmations are reinforced with the fact that Amaro da Costa was the one renting the plane and Sa Carneiro a last minute passenger possibly as a decoy Decorations Edit nbsp Adelino Amaro da Costa in front of the Cristal Palace Porto He was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique Family EditHe married Maria Manuel Simoes Vaz da Silva Pires August 26 1946 Loures Camarate December 4 1980 daughter of Gustavo Correia Barata da Silva Pires and wife Maria Manuela da Silva Casaleiro Simoes Vaz without issue He was the brother of Manuel Rafael Lopes Amaro da Costa and the brother in law of politician Roberto Carneiro Ancestors EditAncestors of Adelino Manuel Lopes Amaro da Costa 1 16 Rafael da Costa8 Jose Rafael da Costa17 Maria de Oliveira4 Antonio Rafael da Costa18 Joaquim Francisco9 Micaela Teresa or Micaela de Jesus19 Teresa de Jesus2 Manuel Rafael Amaro da Costa20 Manuel Guerreiro10 Amaro Guerreiro21 Isabel Maria5 Lucinda Guerreiro de Gois22 Jose de Gois11 Mariana Guerreiro de Gois23 Maria Guerreiro or Sabina Rodrigues1 Adelino Manuel Lopes Amaro da Costa24 Jose Lopes12 Juliao Henriques Lopes25 Rosa Maria6 Manuel Henriques Lopes Nunes26 Jose Miguel13 Joaquina da Conceicao27 Maria Rosa3 Joaquina da Conceicao Duarte Lopes Nunes28 Francisco Duarte14 Antonio Duarte29 Maria Barbara7 Conceicao Maria Duarte30 Jose Antonio15 Maria Jacinta31 Jacinta MariaReferences Edit Ribera Jose Antonio Moya Costados Nr 10 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adelino Amaro da Costa Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adelino Amaro da Costa amp oldid 1176298152, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
