Vicente Almeida d'Eça

Vice-Admiral Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça (31 July 1918 – 13 October 2018) was a Portuguese colonial administrator who served as the last Governor of Portuguese Cape Verde in 1974, and then its High Commissioner from December 1974[1] until its independence from Portugal in July 1975.[2][3] Almeida turned 100 in July 2018 and died three months later.[4][5]

External links

• Portuguese Naval Aviation
• This Biography was part of a project by the Level 4 Students about Adm. Almeida d'Eça

References

1. Decreto n.º 726/74, 18 December 1974
2. Cabo Verde, Casa comum, 40 anos independências
3. World Statesmen: Cape Verde profile
4. AOFA Home Page
5. VALM (Ref) Vicente Manuel de Moura Coutinho de Almeida d'Eça

Preceded by Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta	Colonial governor of Cape Verde 1974	Succeeded by became High Commissioner
Preceded by as (Colonial) Governor	High commissioner of Cape Verde 1974–1975	Succeeded by post abolished, Cape Verde became independent