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Portugal–Yugoslavia relations (Portuguese: Relações Portugal–Jugoslávia; Serbo-Croatian: Portugalsko-jugoslavenski odnosi, Подругалско-југословенски односи; Slovene: Odnosi med Portugalsko in Jugoslavijo; Macedonian: Односите Португалија-Југославија) were historical foreign relations between Portugal and the former Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918-1941 and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945–1992). Portugal established diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Serbia on 19 October 1917.[1] with relations continuing with the successor Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Portuguese recognized the government in exile of this state after the German occupation of 1941.[2] The first Portuguese ambassador to Yugoslavia was Fernando Quartin de Oliveira Bastos who arrived in Belgrade in February 1941 with official residence in Bucharest.[3] Relations with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which took power in 1945 after World War II, were only established in 1974 after the Portuguese Carnation Revolution.[4][5] This was because of Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar's strict anti-communism. Relations further soured during the Portuguese Colonial War as Yugoslavia provided military and other forms of aid to MPLA and other liberation movements fighting against Portugal.[6][7] The first permanent Portuguese embassy was opened in Belgrade in July 1977 with Alvaro Manuel Soares Guerra as ambassador.[8]

Country comparison

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Common name Portugal Yugoslavia
Official name Portuguese Republic Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Coat of arms
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Capital Lisbon Belgrade
Largest city Lisbon Belgrade
Population 10,970,155 23,229,846
Government Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic Socialist republic
Official languages Portuguese No official language

Serbo-Croatian (de facto state-wide) Slovene (in Slovenia) and Macedonian (in Macedonia)

First leader Sidonio Pais Joseph Broz Tito
Last leader Mario Soares Milan Pančevski
Religion Catholic Catholicism (de facto), state atheism (de jure) Secular state (de jure), state atheism (de facto)
Alliances EEC, NATO Non-Aligned Movement

References

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  1. ^ Gerhard Schulz (1972). Revolutions and peace treaties, 1917-1920. Methuen. p. 35.
  2. ^ Ahmet Đonlagić; Žarko Atanacković; Dušan Plenča (1967). Yugoslavia in the Second World War. Međunarodna štampa--Interpress. p. 41.
  3. ^ "Bilateral Relations Serbia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ^ Lester A. Sobel, Christ Hunt (1976). Portuguese revolution, 1974-76. Facts on File. p. 76. ISBN 0-87196-223-3.
  5. ^ Jorge Santos Carvalho (2012). As Relações Jugoslavo-portuguesas (1941-1974) [Yugoslav-Portuguese relations, (1941-1974)] (in Portuguese). Coimbra University Press. ISBN 978-989-26-0146-5.
  6. ^ Lazić, Milorad (2019). "Comrades in Arms: Yugoslav Military Aid to Liberation Movements of Angola and Mozambique, 1961–1976". In Dallywater, Lena; Saunders, Chris; Fonseca, Helder Adegar (eds.). Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War 'East': Transnational Activism 1960–1990. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110642964.
  7. ^ Jovan Čavoški (2019). ""Yugoslavia's Help Was Extraordinary": Political and Material Assistance from Belgrade to the MPLA in Its Rise to Power, 1961–1975". Journal of Cold War Studies. 21 (1): 125–150.
  8. ^ "Países Sérvia - Titulares" [List of Ambassadors to Serbia] (in Portuguese). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal). Retrieved 7 March 2022.

See also

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