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Sobre o último presidente do Conselho da Constituição portuguesa de 1933

2007; National University of Distance Education; Issue: 19 Linguagem: Espanhol

10.5944/etfv.19.2007.3157

2340-1451

Adriano Moreira,

Historical Education and Society

Marcelo Caetano fue desde joven considerado el sucesor de Oliveira Salazar. Durante decadas desempeno los mas altos cargos, ejercio influencia politica, gano prestigio academico y se retiro como reserva del regimen. Cuando llego al poder, por la enfermedad de Salazar, el mundo era muy diferente del aquel en que habia desarrollado su accion doctrinal durante su juventud de conservador catolico, nacionalista y entregado a los valores de la historia portuguesa, incluyendo el Imperio. Asumio un discurso reformista, que incluia la autodeterminacion progresiva de las colonias, pero se sometio a la exigencia del Presidente de la Republica y de las Fuerzas Armadas de continuar la politica colonial y anticomunista de Salazar. Marcelo Caetano was always regarded as the natural successor of Oliveira Salazar. For decades he occupied the highest positions, influenced policies, gained scientific prestige, and withdrew into a position of last resource to the regime. When he ascended to power, after Salazar was forced to step out for reasons of health, the world had changed since his early years as a Catholic, nationalist conservative, devoted to the values of Portuguese history, including the Imperial ones. He took on a reformist tone that included progressive self determination of the colonies: however, he submitted to the demand, made by the President of the Republic and Armed Forces command, to proceed with Salazar’s colonial, anticommunist policies.