# Fernando Gomes dos Santos

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## Life and public service

Fernando Gomes dos Santos appears in January 1974 official records as vice-president acting for the president. The historical register also identifies him as head of the administrative commission in 1974–1975, during the transition following the April Revolution.

## What the documents establish

A notice signed on 19 January 1974 identifies Fernando Gomes dos Santos as acting vice-president. It announces a public tender for water-supply construction at Casal do Grilo, following a council decision of 10 January, with a base price of 995,000 escudos. This is firm evidence of his executive activity before the April Revolution; it is not evidence that the project had already been completed.

## Legacy and public memory

The council minutes of 3 October 2005 record that the former president had died the previous week. The council agreed to recommend his name to the street-naming commission for a future street. This records a proposal for commemoration; it does not, by itself, establish that a street was subsequently named or provide an exact death date. No verified portrait has been established for this profile.

## Chronology

1974-01-19Signs the Casal do Grilo water-supply tender as acting vice-president.[3]

1974 – 1975Presidency and administrative transition; exact endpoints differ between sources.[5][2]

2005-10-03Council minutes record a tribute following his death the previous week.[4]

## Research notes

This is a sourced research dossier. Contemporary records, later historical accounts and personal recollections are distinguished where they differ. An announced project is not treated as a completed achievement. Linked catalogues may describe documents that are not available as digital scans.

Birth, education and family details have not all been independently established. Unverified personal details are omitted.

The former illustrated stand-in is not used as a likeness in this biography.

The 1974–1976 administrative commissions need further archival checking. Conflicting dates are preserved as an uncertainty.

## Original source

1. Biblioteca Municipal · WikiTejo — https://wikitejo.mediotejo.pt/index.php/sociedade/39-politica/118-presidentes-do-municipio
2. Maria Antónia Pires de Almeida — O poder local do Estado Novo à democracia, p. 280 — https://repositorio.iscte-iul.pt/bitstream/10071/11920/5/Livro_Presidentes_e_GC_2013_MAPAlmeida.pdf
3. Diário do Governo — 2 de fevereiro de 1974, p. 850 — https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/gratuitos/3s/1974/02/1974d028s000.pdf
4. Câmara Municipal — ata de 3 de outubro de 2005 — https://www.cm-entroncamento.pt/images/CME/Atas/Camara/2005/Ata%20n%20%C2%BA%2043%20de%202005-10-03.pdf
5. Entroncamento 1965–1975 — sinopse da exposição municipal de 2017 — https://mediotejo.net/entroncamento-exposicao-documental-inaugurada-no-dia-do-concelho/