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Américo Olavo Correia de Azevedo
b. 1881
military officer · politician · deputy · minister of state
Funchal-born infantry captain decorated with the War Cross and the Tower and Sword for bravery in France in the First World War, and captured on 9 April 1918. He was elected deputy for Funchal in 1919, co-sponsored the 1916 levada bills and served as a minister of state.
1Mentioned in
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- Levadas — Deputy who co-sponsored the 1916 levada bills.
- Unknown Soldier — First World War veteran captain who gave a patriotic speech before the catafalque on Avenida Dr. Manuel de Arriaga in 1921.
- Great War — Madeiran infantry captain captured on 9 April 1918 and awarded the War Cross and Tower and Sword.
- Ministers of State — Madeiran who served as a minister of state.
- Norton de Matos (General) — Deputy and army captain who hosted a lunch for Norton de Matos at Terreiro da Luta in 1921.
- Political Parties — Madeiran who followed Álvaro de Castro out of the Nationalist party in 1923.
- Azevedo (Carlos Olavo Correia de) — Army captain and brother of Carlos Olavo Correia de Azevedo, with his own entry in the Elucidário.
- Quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira — Deputy and a member of the Honorary Committee.
2Chronology
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Américo Olavo Correia de Azevedo was born in Funchal.
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Madeiran deputies presented bills to sell the levadas and reform the colonia contract; debated in the Funchal press, they were defeated by opposition in Madeira.
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In the parliamentary elections Américo Olavo Correia de Azevedo and José Miguel Lamartine Prazeres da Costa were elected deputies and Heitor Passos senator for Madeira.
3Places mentioned
Abroad