Holding top military posts (before and after the fall of the Estado Novo) such as being General of Cape Verde, Governor of Portuguese Mozambique and Macau, president of the Jorge lvares Foundation, and head of the Portugal-China Friendship Association was Antnio Lopes dos Santos.
He held top military posts both before and after the 1974 Carnation Revolution. The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolucao dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April (Portuguese: 25 de Abril), was initially a 25 April 1974 military coup in Lisbon which overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo regime. General of Cape Verde He was Governor of Macau from 17 April 1962 until July 1966, and chief of staff of Macau's garrison. He was district governor of Portuguese Mozambique from 1959 until 1962. He remained involved in relations between Macau and Portugal, and was the president of the Jorge Alvares Foundation (Fundacao Jorge Alvares), from 2000 until his death in 2009. He also served as the head of the Portugal-China Friendship Association (AAPC). 
