8-592: Carreira may refer to: Carreira (surname) Carreira (Ribeira) , a parish in the municipality of Ribeira, Galicia, Spain Carreira (Barcelos) , a parish in the municipality of Barcelos, Portugal Carreira (Santo Tirso) , a parish in the municipality of Santo Tirso, Portugal See also [ edit ] Carreiras (Portalegre) , a parish in Portalegre Municipality, Portugal Topics referred to by
16-1638: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Carreira (surname) Carreira is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Music [ edit ] António Carreira (1520/30-1597), Portuguese composer and organist of the Renaissance David Carreira (born 1991), French-born Portuguese pop, dance, hip hop and R&B singer, son of singer Tony Carreira Mickael Carreira (born 1986), Portuguese pop singer, son of singer Tony Carreira Tony Carreira (born 1963), Portuguese musician, singer Sports [ edit ] Diego Alves Carreira (born 1985), Brazilian football goalkeeper Diogo Carreira (born 1978), Portuguese basketball player Hugo Miguel Martins Carreira (born 1979), Portuguese footballer Luis Carreira (1976–2012), Portuguese motorcycle road racer Paulo Jorge Carreira Nunes (born 1970), Portuguese footballer Christina Carreira (born 2000), Canadian-born American ice dancer Others [ edit ] Ana Maria Teles Carreira , Angolan diplomat Erick M. Carreira (born 1963), Cuban-born organic chemist Henrique Medina Carreira (born 1931), Portuguese jurist, minister Iko Carreira , Angolan army general and minister Joaquim Justino Carreira (1950–2013), Portuguese-born Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop See also [ edit ] Carreira (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
24-435: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Iko Carreira General Henrique Alberto Quádrios Teles Carreira (June 2, 1933 – May 30, 2000), best known by his nickname as Iko Carreira , was an Angolan military officer and diplomat who served as the first Defense Minister of Angola from 1975 to 1980 during the civil war . After the death of Angola's first president, Agostinho Neto , his position in
32-782: The MPLA weakened. He later served as ambassador to Algeria and military attaché to Spain . He was born to civil servants in Angola. He joined the Independence Movement in 1957 and went underground in 1964, moving to Zambia and Algeria to receive training from military training. He was an officer in the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), Agostinho Neto's armed wing fighting against Portuguese colonial apartheid like rule. Founder and commander in chief of
40-459: The surname Carreira . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carreira_(surname)&oldid=1121682824 " Categories : Surnames Portuguese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
48-527: The Angolan Armed Forces, he defeated the FNLA in the north and UNITA in the south during the first phase of the civil war. Considered to be the regime's second in command until Neto's death, he was the first African military officer to receive a degree as a general from a Soviet military academy . Carreira's last struggle was to combat his illness, a stroke that paralysed his entire left side for
56-427: The last 13 years of his life, writing two novels with one finger, on a special computer. The novels are titled: O Pensamento Estrategico de Agostinho Neto (Publicacoes Dom Quixote), and Memorias (published in Angola by Nzila). In June 2000, The Guardian ' s Victoria Brittain wrote in an obituary : "Like his friend and mentor, President Neto, Carreira will always remain a reference point for Angolans for
64-451: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Carreira . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carreira&oldid=612174411 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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