Marcelo Duarte Matias
Marcelo Duarte Matias (15 August 1903, Lisbon – 9 June 1999, Estoril) was a Portuguese diplomat, civil servant, and writer. He served as the Foreign Minister of Portugal, ambassador to France, and Governor of the province of Angola. Portuguese opposition leader Humberto Delgado went to the Brazilian embassy in Lisbon on 12 January 1959, requesting asylum as he feared the Salazar government would arrest him for challenging Salazar's continued rule, specifically by asking Welsh Labour politician Aneurin Bevan to come to Portugal.
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Marcelo Duarte Matias
- Name
- Marcelo Duarte Matias
- Birth Name
- Marcello Gonçalves Nunes Duarte Mathias
- Born
- 15 August 1903
- Birthplace
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Died
- 9 June 1999
- Place of death
- Estoril, Portugal
- Education
- University of Lisbon
- Spouse
- Fédora Charles de Zaffiri
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Occupation
- diplomat · politician · poet · writer · minister
- Honours
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ · Knight of the Military Order of Christ · Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry · Commander of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword · Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Matias insisted that as a free citizen of Portugal, Delgado had to return to Portugal from Brazil's embassy and then apply to leave Portugal. The diplomatic spat damaged bilateral relations between Brazil and Portugal.
Marcelo Duarte Matias studied at University of Lisbon. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Positions recorded include Minister of Foreign Affairs. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, Knight of the Military Order of Christ, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry and Commander of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword.
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• Name — Marcelo Duarte Matias • Office — Ambassador of Portugal to France • Term Start — 23 May 1961 • Term End — 19 July 1971 • Nominator — Américo Tomás • Predecessor — António Leite de Faria • Successor — Alfredo Lencastre da Veiga • Term Start1 — 30 July 1947 • Term End1 — 29 September 1958 • Nominator1 — Óscar Carmona • Predecessor1 — Augusto de Castro • Successor1 — António Leite de Faria • Office2 — Minister of Foreign Affairs • Term Start2 — 14 August 1958 • Term End2 — 4 May 1961 • Prime Minister2 — António de Oliveira Salazar • Predecessor2 — Paulo Cunha • Successor2 — Alberto Franco Nogueira • Birth Name — Marcello Gonçalves Nunes Duarte Mathias • Born — 15 August 1903 • Birthplace — Lisbon, Portugal • Died — 9 June 1999 • Place of death — Estoril, Portugal • Education — University of Lisbon • Spouse — Fédora Charles de Zaffiri • Children — 3, including Leonardo
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- 1.Quem é Alguém.
- 2.digitarq.arquivos.pt. 60v e 61, assento 135.
- 3.Costados, D. Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 73
- 4.Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras.
- 5.Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas.
- 6."Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal - 1985", Direção de Manuel de Mello Corrêa, Instituto Português de Heráldica, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1985, Tomo I, p. 521
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