MARCELO CAETANO (PORTUGAL)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06790244
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-01466
• Publication Date: March 30, 1969

Approved for Release: 2019/07/12 C06790244
RCELLO CAETANO
rime Minister
Prime
On 26 September 1968, Presi-
ent Thomaz appoinied Marcello Cae-
ano to succeed Antonio Salazar as
rime Minister. Caetano, a man of
ntelligence and integrity, is an
ntellectual and political leader
ho is considered to have "liberal
onservative" ideas somewhere be-
een those of the Salazar regime
d the moderate opposition. Al-
ough he may be expected to em-
b rk gradually on a more liberal
c urse, changes are not likely over-
n ght. Caetano's personal attitude
toward the United States, while not
uofriendly, is thought to be a com-
b nation of admiration for its
s rength and material accomplish-
m nts mixed with disdain for its
s pposed "youngness, inexperience
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the interpretation
Regarded
ality,
his personal
ents.
politics and materialistic culture." He
critic of the USSR and of Communism and its
on 17 August 1906 of lower middle class parents,
a law degree with highest honors from the
of Lisbon in 1927 and a doctorate from the same
in 1931. Appointed a law professor at the Uni-
Lisbon in 1933, Caetano taught administrative
on which he is recognized as the leading
authority. He soon became SalaZar's chief adviser
of the corporative laws:
(b)(1)
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
as having an independent per-(b)(3)
Caetano is also considered outspoken and intense
relationships with both friends and op-
(b)(1)
only revealing his feelings after confidence has (b)(3)
He is married to the former Teresa de
be
Ba
ha
to
established.
os Alves
three
he United
They
sons and a daughter. Caetano has never been
States. He speaks fluent French.
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