Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano was a politician and scholar. He was the second and last dictator of the Estado Novo after succeeding António de Oliveira Salazar. He served as President of the C
The Estado Novo was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the Ditadura Nacional formed after the coup d'état of 28 May 1926 against the unstable First Republic. Together,
António de Oliveira Salazar, aged 50, in 1939
Mocidade Portuguesa (Portuguese Youth) members working in the Monsanto Forest Park, Lisbon, c. 1938
António de Oliveira Salazar in 1940
President Truman signing the North Atlantic Treaty with Portuguese ambassador Teotónio Pereira standing behind