NOTABLE ALUMNI

 

The Military Academy continues to train "Commanders" of (and for) the future. Among the more than 15,000 students trained at the Military Academy, seven alumni stand out, who have reached the highest position in the Portuguese State as Presidents of the Portuguese Republic, respectively:

António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes 1976 - 1986	Francisco da Costa Gomes 1974 - 1976	António Sebastião Ribeiro Spínola 1974
Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes 1951 - 1958	António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona 1926 - 1951	Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa 1926
Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais      1917 - 1918

 

It is to be noted that these Presidents were students at the Army School (Escola do Exército), the Military School (Escola Militar) and the War School (Escola de Guerra), predecessor institutions of the current Military Academy: