
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Acting
Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique
Biography
Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho, is a retired Portuguese military officer. He was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon. After the Revolution, Otelo assumed leadership roles in the first Portuguese Provisional Governments, alongside Vasco Gonçalves and Francisco da Costa Gomes, and as the head of military defense force COPCON. In 1976, Otelo ran in the first Portuguese presidential election, in which he placed second with the base of his support coming from the far-left. In the 1980s Otelo was accused of having involvement with the controversial Forças Populares 25 de Abril.
Known For

April 21, 2000

November 18, 1981

June 01, 1978

September 12, 2009

February 22, 1983

May 08, 1981

April 24, 2024

February 15, 2000

April 13, 2000

January 01, 2001

April 24, 1994

April 25, 2017