He 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. His reign in the colony was marked by considerable infrastructure development.[1] Costa's decision to dissolve the local Legislative Assembly amid intensified power struggle with the local Macanese community was a major political crisis at that time.[2] To balance the predominant Macanese legislature, he proposed electoral reform that empowered the Chinese business community and elites.[3] During his tenure, Costa twice threatened to pull out of Macao unilaterally amid tense debate on the year of Handover.[4]
He was the son of Américo de Almeida e Costa and wife Julieta da Conceição Leote 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 1934), one of the fourteen children of a couple of Northern Portuguese Nobility, and by whom he had issue.
He died just after his 78th birthday and was cremated 1 week later.
Referencesedit
^Lo, Sonny (2009). "Casino Capitalism and Its Legitimacy Impact on the Politico-administrative State in Macau". Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 38 (1): 23. doi:10.1177/186810260903800103. ISSN 1868-1026.
^Yee, Herbert S.; Lo, Sonny S. H. (1991). "Macau in Transition: The Politics of Decolonization". Asian Survey. 31 (10): 908. doi:10.2307/2645063. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2645063.
^Lo, Shiu-hing (1989). "Aspects of Political Development in Macao". China Quarterly. 120: 845. doi:10.1017/S030574100001849X. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 155080531.
vasco, almeida, 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, janu. 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 Vasco de Almeida e Costa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Vasco Fernando Leote de Almeida e Costa GCIH GCL 24 July 1932 citation needed 26 July 2010 was a Portuguese naval officer and politician Vasco de Almeida e Costa135th Governor of MacauIn office 16 June 1981 14 May 1986PresidentAntonio Ramalho Eanes Mario SoaresPreceded byNuno de Melo EgidioSucceeded byJoaquim Pinto MachadoActing Prime Minister of PortugalIn office 23 June 1976 23 July 1976PresidentFrancisco da Costa Gomes Antonio Ramalho EanesPreceded byJose Pinheiro de AzevedoSucceeded byMario SoaresMinister of the Internal AdministrationIn office 19 September 1975 22 July 1976Prime MinisterJose Pinheiro de AzevedoPreceded byAlfredo Candido de MouraSucceeded byManuel da Costa BrasPersonal detailsBorn 1932 07 24 24 July 1932 citation needed Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira Lisbon Portugal citation needed Died26 July 2010 2010 07 26 aged 78 Lisbon PortugalPolitical partyIndependentSpouseMaria Claudiana da Costa de Faria AraujoChinese nameTraditional Chinese高斯達Simplified Chinese高斯达TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinGao SidaYue CantoneseJyutpinggou1 si1 daat6Biography editHe served as Minister of Internal Administration during Jose 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 Mario Soares He was also the 134th Governor of Macau from 16 June 1981 to 15 May 1986 His reign in the colony was marked by considerable infrastructure development 1 Costa s decision to dissolve the local Legislative Assembly amid intensified power struggle with the local Macanese community was a major political crisis at that time 2 To balance the predominant Macanese legislature he proposed electoral reform that empowered the Chinese business community and elites 3 During his tenure Costa twice threatened to pull out of Macao unilaterally amid tense debate on the year of Handover 4 He was the son of Americo de Almeida e Costa and wife Julieta da Conceicao Leote and married in Viana do Castelo Meadela at the Chapel of Sao Vicente on 11 January 1959 to Maria Claudiana da Costa de Faria Araujo b Viana do Castelo Meadela House of o Ameal 17 May 1934 one of the fourteen children of a couple of Northern Portuguese Nobility and by whom he had issue He died just after his 78th birthday and was cremated 1 week later References edit Lo Sonny 2009 Casino Capitalism and Its Legitimacy Impact on the Politico administrative State in Macau Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 38 1 23 doi 10 1177 186810260903800103 ISSN 1868 1026 Yee Herbert S Lo Sonny S H 1991 Macau in Transition The Politics of Decolonization Asian Survey 31 10 908 doi 10 2307 2645063 ISSN 0004 4687 JSTOR 2645063 Lo Shiu hing 1989 Aspects of Political Development in Macao China Quarterly 120 845 doi 10 1017 S030574100001849X ISSN 0305 7410 S2CID 155080531 Chang Jaw ling Joanne 1988 Settlement of the Macao Issue Distinctive Features of Beijing s Negotiating Behavior Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 20 1 261 ISSN 0008 7254 Political officesPreceded byJose Pinheiro de Azevedo Prime Minister of Portugal Interim 1976 Succeeded byMario SoaresPreceded byNuno de Melo Egidio Governor of Macau1981 1986 Succeeded byJoaquim Pinto Machado nbsp nbsp This article about a Portuguese politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article from Macau is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vasco de Almeida e Costa amp oldid 1147038496, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
