# António de Oliveira Salazar - Prime Minister of Portugal (1932–1968)

URL: https://allhistories.com/mozambique/rulers/antonio-de-oliveira-salazar
Term: 1932–1968
Number in the list: 273
Born-Died: 1889-04-28 - 1970-07-27
Dynasty: Colonial rule and metropolitan authorities
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar

Dictator of Portugal's Estado Novo who treated Mozambique and other territories as overseas provinces, ending the charter companies, expanding forced cotton cultivation and resisting decolonisation. After Goa's loss and the 1961 Angola war, he sent troops to Mozambique when the FRELIMO rebellion began in 1964.

## Succession
- Next in list: [Marcelo Caetano](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/rulers/marcelo-caetano)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1932 - [Salazar becomes Prime Minister of Portugal](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1932-salazar-becomes-prime-minister-of-portugal)
- 1933 - [Estado Novo constitution takes effect](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1933-estado-novo-constitution-takes-effect)
- 1934 - [Dona Ana Bridge opens over the Zambezi](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1934-dona-ana-bridge-opens-over-the-zambezi)
- 1938 - [Compulsory cotton concession system](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1938-compulsory-cotton-concession-system)
- 1939 - [Portugal declares neutrality in World War II](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1939-portugal-declares-neutrality-in-world-war-ii)
- 1940 - [Beira and Lourenço Marques serve as wartime Allied transit ports](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1940-beira-and-lourenco-marques-serve-as-wartime-allied-transit-ports)
- 1940 - [Concordat and Missionary Agreement with the Holy See](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1940-concordat-and-missionary-agreement-with-the-holy-see)
- 1941 - [Lourenço Marques as a neutral wartime intelligence hub](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1941-lourenco-marques-as-a-neutral-wartime-intelligence-hub)
- 1942 - [Mozambique Company concession expires](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1942-mozambique-company-concession-expires)
- 1949 - [Mozambican secondary students form NESAM](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1949-mozambican-secondary-students-form-nesam)
- 1950 - [Mozambique Convention renewed with South Africa](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1950-mozambique-convention-renewed-with-south-africa)
- 1951 - [Mozambique becomes an overseas province](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1951-mozambique-becomes-an-overseas-province)
- 1953 - [Limpopo settler scheme at Guijá](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1953-limpopo-settler-scheme-at-guija)
- 1954 - [Statute of the Portuguese Natives of Mozambique](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1954-statute-of-the-portuguese-natives-of-mozambique)
- 1955 - [Portugal joins the United Nations](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1955-portugal-joins-the-united-nations)
- 1956 - [PIDE political police set up in Mozambique](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1956-pide-political-police-set-up-in-mozambique)
- 1960 - [Gorongosa becomes a national park](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1960-gorongosa-becomes-a-national-park)
- 1960 - [Mueda massacre](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1960-mueda-massacre)
- 1960 - [UDENAMO is founded](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1960-udenamo-is-founded)
- 1960 - [UN General Assembly adopts the anti-colonial declaration](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1960-un-general-assembly-adopts-the-anti-colonial-declaration)
- 1960 - [Eusébio signs for Benfica](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1960-eusebio-signs-for-benfica)
- 1961 - [Malangatana's first exhibition](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1961-malangatana-s-first-exhibition)
- 1961 - [Indigenato abolished and forced cotton ended](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1961-indigenato-abolished-and-forced-cotton-ended)
- 1962 - [FRELIMO is founded in Dar es Salaam](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1962-frelimo-is-founded-in-dar-es-salaam)
- 1962 - [Estudos Gerais Universitários de Moçambique founded](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1962-estudos-gerais-universitarios-de-mocambique-founded)
- 1963 - [Mozambique Institute opens in Dar es Salaam](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1963-mozambique-institute-opens-in-dar-es-salaam)
- 1964 - [Beira–Umtali oil pipeline opens](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1964-beira-umtali-oil-pipeline-opens)
- 1964 - [Xigubo is published](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1964-xigubo-is-published)
- 1964 - [Attack on the Chai administrative post](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1964-attack-on-the-chai-administrative-post)
- 1965 - [Nachingwea becomes FRELIMO's southern Tanzania base](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1965-nachingwea-becomes-frelimo-s-southern-tanzania-base)
- 1965 - [Rhodesia declares unilateral independence](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1965-rhodesia-declares-unilateral-independence)
- 1966 - [Beira Patrol begins](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1966-beira-patrol-begins)
- 1966 - [Eusébio tops the World Cup scoring](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1966-eusebio-tops-the-world-cup-scoring)
- 1966 - [Killing of Filipe Samuel Magaia](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1966-killing-of-filipe-samuel-magaia)
- 1968 - [FRELIMO opens the Tete front](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1968-frelimo-opens-the-tete-front)
- 1968 - [FRELIMO's Second Congress at Matchedje](https://allhistories.com/mozambique/timeline/1968-frelimo-s-second-congress-at-matchedje)