MILITARY PERSONNEL

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

1936 - 2021

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Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho, GCL (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɔˈtɛlu sɐˈɾajvɐ ðɨ kɐɾˈvaʎu]; 31 August 1936 – 25 July 2021) was a Portuguese military officer. He was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution, and later became a terrorist leader. After the Revolution, Otelo assumed leadership roles in the first Portuguese Provisional Governments, alongside Vasco Gonçalves and Francisco da Costa Gomes, and as the head of military defense force COPCON. In 1976, Otelo ran in the first Portuguese presidential election, in which he placed second with the base of his support coming from the far-left. Otelo was tried and sentenced for being a leading member of the terrorist group Forças Populares 25 de Abril, which killed 20 people in several terrorist attacks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho is the 1,075th most popular military personnel (up from 1,134th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Mozambique (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Mozambican Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ranks 1,075 out of 2,058. Before him are Martin Gottfried Weiss, Otto Lasch, Semyon Kurkotkin, Maximilian de Angelis, Wilhelm Falley, and Arthur Rostron. After him are Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, Thomas Nelson Jr., Danylo Apostol, Max Pauly, and Rasim Delić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ranks 195. Before him are Slava Metreveli, Ferran Olivella, Antonio María Rouco Varela, Charles Napier, Mala Sinha, and Joaquín Navarro-Valls. After him are Ivan Dias, Joe Don Baker, Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Glenn Murcutt, José Policarpo, and John P. Ryan. Among people deceased in 2021, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ranks 187. Before him are Jozef Vengloš, Matthew Festing, Wilfried Van Moer, Ian St John, Wahiduddin Khan, and Albert Vanhoye. After him are Henri Schwery, Sabah Fakhri, George Segal, Lou Ottens, Yuan Longping, and Lee "Scratch" Perry.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ranks 13 out of 38. Before him are Afric Simone (1956), Graça Machel (1945), Armando Guebuza (1943), Mário Coluna (1935), Paulo Fonseca (1973), and Júlio Duarte Langa (1927). After him are Eduardo Mondlane (1920), Alexandre José Maria dos Santos (1924), Abel Xavier (1972), Luísa Diogo (1958), Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954), and Mia Couto (1955).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Mozambique

Among military personnels born in Mozambique, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ranks 1. 

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