Luís Araújo

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Esteves and the second or paternal family name is Araújo.

General Luís Araújo
Araújo as a Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force
Born	(1949-02-25)25 February 1949 Porto, Portugal
Died	2 December 2023(2023-12-02) (aged 74) Cascais, Portugal
Allegiance	Portugal
Service / branch	Airforce
Years of service	1966–2011
Rank	General
Awards	Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ (2014) War Cross (Class II) [a] (Portugal) (1977)

General Luís Evangelista Esteves de Araújo (25 February 1949 – 2 December 2023) was a Portuguese military officer who served as the Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force and as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces from 2011 to 6 February 2014.[1]

Araújo was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ in 2014.[2]

Araújo died on 2 December 2023, at the age of 74.[3]

Military Service

• 1966 – 1971: Portuguese Military Academy
• October 1972 – October 1974: Flew 1000 hours operational duty over the north of Mozambique in an Alouette III[1]

External links

• "Portuguese Armed Forces - Biography of the Chief of Staff". Archived from the original on 30 October 2006.

Notes

1. Portuguese: Cruz de Guerra Class II – Device is a gold cross

References

1. "Cruz de Guerra: General Piloto-Aviador Luis Araújo; Herói da Cruz de Guerra". 2014.
2. "President decorated General Luis Araújo and Admiral Saldanha Lopes with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ - NEWS - PRESIDENCIA.PT". www.presidencia.pt. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
3. Morreu o general Luís Araújo, antigo chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas (in Portuguese)