Alfredo Nobre da Costa

Portuguese engineer and politician (1923–1996)

Alfredo Nobre da Costa GCC, ComC, OMRI

Prime Minister of Portugal
In office 28 August 1978 – 22 November 1978
President	António Ramalho Eanes
Preceded by	Mário Soares
Succeeded by	Carlos Mota Pinto
Minister of Industry and Technology
In office 25 March 1977 – 30 January 1978
Prime Minister	Mário Soares
Preceded by	António Sousa Gomes
Succeeded by	Carlos Melancia
Secretary of State for Heavy Industry
In office 14 January 1976 – 23 July 1976
Prime Minister	José Pinheiro de Azevedo
Preceded by	Mário Cardoso dos Santos
Succeeded by	Carlos Melancia

Personal details
Born	(1923-09-10)10 September 1923 Lapa, Lisbon, Portugal
Died	1 April 1996(1996-04-01) (aged 72) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama

Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa, GCC, ComC, OMRI (10 September 1923 – 1 April 1996), commonly known as Nobre da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɔβɾɨ ðɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]), was a Portuguese engineer and politician who briefly served as prime minister of Portugal from August to November 1978.

A moderate independent center-left politician, he was appointed by President António Ramalho Eanes to serve as prime minister that would finish the four-year legislative term which had been initiated in the 1976 Portuguese legislative election. His cabinet consisted of independents. However, it failed to gain a majority in the Assembly of the Republic, and Nobre da Costa resigned. He was replaced by Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto.

Early life

He was the only son of Alfredo Henrique Andresen da Costa (born 4 November 1893), who was Portuguese of Italian, French, Danish and Goan ancestry, and Maria Helena Nobre.

He graduated from Instituto Superior Técnico.

Personal life

He married Maria de Lourdes de Carvalho e Cunha Fortes da Gama on 5 May 1951 and had a single daughter, Vera Maria Nobre da Costa (born 5 February 1952). He died in 1996 after a long illness. At the time of his death he held the position of chairman at the engineering firm EFACEC.^[1]

Honours

Commander of the Order of Christ, Portugal (15 September 1961)^[2]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Christ, Portugal (9 April 1981)^[2]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Italy (11 April 1985)^[3]

References

^ "Former Prime Minister Nobre da Costa Dead at 73". Associated Press. 1 April 1996. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 1 August 2017.