Paulo Bénard Guedes
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Paulo Bénard Guedes was the 127th Governor-General
of Portuguese India
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Paulo Bénard Guedes was born in Lisbon in 1892 . He began his military career early, having specialized in the business of Infantry in 1913, took also the course of the Colonial School (now Institute of Social and Political Sciences ).
Serve in Mozambique during the first World War , and enters the National Guard on their return to Portugal . It also requires the Bureau of Diplomatic.
During World War 2 , Bénard Guedes assumed the government of India . In the early 50's , goes through several military commands, and between 1952 and 1958 , is named for
the post of governor general of India. He was lieutenant of D. Duarte Nuno de Bragança .
General Paulo Bénard Guedes, was awarded the grand-officer corps of the Order of the Empire, the awards of the Orders of Avis , of S. Gregory the Great , the Holy See, and of Civil Merit of Spain , the Fourragère medal of gold of Military Valour , and the medals of the expedition to Mozambique , the Victory (with star Silver ) and Silver Exemplary Conduct .
Paulo Bénard Guedes died in Angola in the city of Benguela , in 1960 .
Governor-General
A Governor-General, is a vice-regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.- Current uses...
of Portuguese India
Portuguese India
The Portuguese Viceroyalty of India , later the Portuguese State of India , was the aggregate of Portugal's colonial holdings in India.The government started in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de...
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Paulo Bénard Guedes was born in Lisbon in 1892 . He began his military career early, having specialized in the business of Infantry in 1913, took also the course of the Colonial School (now Institute of Social and Political Sciences ).
Serve in Mozambique during the first World War , and enters the National Guard on their return to Portugal . It also requires the Bureau of Diplomatic.
During World War 2 , Bénard Guedes assumed the government of India . In the early 50's , goes through several military commands, and between 1952 and 1958 , is named for
the post of governor general of India. He was lieutenant of D. Duarte Nuno de Bragança .
General Paulo Bénard Guedes, was awarded the grand-officer corps of the Order of the Empire, the awards of the Orders of Avis , of S. Gregory the Great , the Holy See, and of Civil Merit of Spain , the Fourragère medal of gold of Military Valour , and the medals of the expedition to Mozambique , the Victory (with star Silver ) and Silver Exemplary Conduct .
Paulo Bénard Guedes died in Angola in the city of Benguela , in 1960 .