Rogério de Azevedo
26 May 2021, Rogério de Azevedo, restoration of the palace of the Dukes of Braganza, Guimarães Salazar apparently belonged to the rare species of discreet dictators. Originally an academic specializing in economic issues, his analysis during the severe crisis affecting Portugal in the 1920s enabled him to quickly become Minister of Finance. The success of his already dictatorial spending control convinced the military to hand him over to the state. His obsession with balanced budgets might h...
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