Luís Araújo

Portuguese general (1949–2023)

  • Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ (2014)
  • War Cross ' War Cross (Class II) [a] (Portugal) (1977)

General Luís Evangelista Esteves de Araújo (25 February 1949 – 2 December 2023) was a Portuguese military officer who served as the Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force and as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces from 2011 to 6 February 2014.[1]

Araújo was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ in 2014.[2]

Araújo died on 2 December 2023, at the age of 74.[3]

Military Service

  • 1966 – 1971: Portuguese Military Academy
  • October 1972 – October 1974: Flew 1000 hours operational duty over the north of Mozambique in an Alouette III[1]

External links

  • "Portuguese Armed Forces - Biography of the Chief of Staff". Archived from the original on 30 October 2006.

Notes

  1. ^ Portuguese: Cruz de Guerra Class II – Device is a gold cross

References

  1. ^ a b "Cruz de Guerra: General Piloto-Aviador Luis Araújo; Herói da Cruz de Guerra". 2014.
  2. ^ "President decorated General Luis Araújo and Admiral Saldanha Lopes with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ - NEWS - PRESIDENCIA.PT". www.presidencia.pt. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ Morreu o general Luís Araújo, antigo chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas (in Portuguese)


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