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Adelino da Palma Carlos
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office 16 May 1974 ? 18 July 1974
President	Antonio de Spinola
Preceded by	National Salvation Junta
Succeeded by	Vasco Goncalves
Head of the Portuguese Bar Association
In office 1 January 1951 ? 31 December 1956
Preceded by	Artur de Morais de Carvalho
Succeeded by	Pedro Goes Pitta
Personal details
Born	( 1905-05-03 ) 3 May 1905 Faro , Portugal
Died	25 October 1992 (1992-10-25) (aged 87) Lisbon , Portugal
Political party	Independent

Adelino da Palma Carlos , GCC , GCIH , GOL ( Portuguese pronunciation: [?ð??linu ð? ?palm? ?ka?lu?] ; Faro , 3 May 1905 ? Lisbon , 25 October 1992), was a Portuguese lawyer , scholar , politician and a freemason , one of at least five sons of Manuel Carlos and wife Auta Vaz Velho da Palma. He was an opponent of the fascist regime of the Estado Novo (New State) of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar (and later Marcello Caetano ) since his youth, and, being a liberal , rather than a socialist , was chosen by President Antonio de Spinola , as the first prime minister after the 25 April 1974 revolution . He was also the 11th Head ("Bastonario") of the Portuguese Bar Association .

His 1st Provisional Government was in power from 15 May to 17 July 1974. As an independent, he chose cabinet members from widely divergent political parties and positions, including members of the then center-left Popular Democratic Party , the Socialist Party and even the Portuguese Communist Party and the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) officers. The ideological diversity of the government seems to be one of the main reasons why the government didn't last, being the other the calling for anticipated presidential elections before Constituent Assembly election, 1975 . He was replaced by Colonel Vasco Goncalves , a choice that Spinola would later regret. After leaving office, Palma Carlos was the national representative ( mandatario ) of general Antonio Ramalho Eanes for the 1980 Presidential Elections.

He was married to Elina Julia Chaves Pereira Guimaraes ( Lisbon , 1904 ? 1991).

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