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Portuguese anti-fascist activist (1934–2024)
Camilo Mortágua
Mortágua in 1975
BornCamilo Tavares Mortágua
(1934-01-29)29 January 1934
Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
Died1 November 2024(2024-11-01) (aged 90)
Alvito, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
OccupationActivist

Camilo Tavares Mortágua (29 January 1934 – 1 November 2024) was a Portuguese anti-fascist activist and revolutionary. He was a member of the League of Unity and Armed Revolution [pt] and was a Grand Officer of the Order of Liberty.

Biography

Born in Oliveira de Azeméis on 29 January 1934, Mortágua's family moved to Lisbon at the age of 12. In 1951, his family emigrated to Venezuela. In 1961, he took part in one of the most prolific terrorist acts against the Estado Novo regime, Operation Dulcineia, in which rebels seized control of a Portuguese passenger ship, led by General Humberto Delgado. On 10 November 1961, he hijacked a TAP Air Portugal plane along with Hermínio da Palma Inácio and other collaborators with the goal of flying over Lisbon at a low altitude and dropping leaflets against the regime. On 17 May 1967, he participated in a heist on a Banco de Portugal branch in Figueira da Foz. The heist had a goal of financing revolutionary activities against António de Oliveira Salazar. Following the Carnation Revolution, he was decorated as a Grand Officer of the Order of Liberty by President Jorge Sampaio.

Mortágua was the father of Assembly of the Republic members Mariana Mortágua and Joana Mortágua. He died in Alvito on 1 November 2024, at the age of 90.

References

  1. "Processo de querela Henrique Carlos Malta Galvão e outros". Torre do Tombo National Archive (in Portuguese).
  2. "Morreu o antifascista Camilo Mortágua aos 90 anos". Público (in Portuguese). 1 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS". President of Portugal (in Portuguese).
  4. ^ "Isto é um assalto – Filha de Camilo Mortágua no Parlamento". O Diabo (in Portuguese). 20 October 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. Martín del Barro, Javier (28 August 2019). "El hombre que tomó un trasatlántico, secuestró un avión y atracó un banco sin pegar un tiro". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. "Camilo Mortágua entrevistado pelo El País: "Se não estou de acordo, não me calo. Dediquei-me 30 anos a isso"". Observador (in Portuguese). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  7. Castanheira, José Pedro (1 January 2017). "Novo livro faz revelações sobre assalto à Figueira". Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  8. "Faz 50 anos que Camilo Mortágua assaltou banco na Figueira da Foz". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 16 May 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  9. "Camilo Mortágua terrorista? "Só um ignorante me pode achar isso"". Sábado (in Portuguese). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  10. "Morreu o combatente antifascista Camilo Mortágua". Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (in Portuguese). 1 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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