Manuel Quintão Meireles
| Manuel Quintão Meireles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 December 1880 Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Portugal |
| Died |
11 March 1962 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Portuguese Navy officer and a politician |
Manuel Quintão Meireles (1880-1962) was a Portuguese Navy officer and a politician. He initially supported the Military Dictatorship, after the 28 May 1926 revolution, but later moved to the Democratic Opposition side. In 1951, he was the moderate candidate at the presidential elections against the regime candidate, general Francisco Craveiro Lopes, but he withdraw three days before, for not having the minimal acceptable conditions of a fair dispute.
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