Provisional Government of Portugal

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provisional government transitional authority

The Provisional Government of Portugal was the transitional authority that led the country from dictatorship to democracy following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Fourth Provisional Government of Portugal	2
Third Provisional Government of Portugal	2
Fifth Provisional Government of Portugal	1
First Provisional Government of Portugal	1
Provisional Government of Portugal canonical	1
Second Provisional Government of Portugal	1
Sixth Provisional Government of Portugal	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3906374 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Provisional Government of Portugal
Context triple: [National Salvation Junta, succeededBy, Provisional Government of Portugal]

A. Portuguese Third Republic
The Portuguese Third Republic is the current democratic regime in Portugal, established after the 1974 Carnation Revolution and characterized by a semi-presidential system with a pluralist, multi-party political landscape.
B. First Portuguese Republic
The First Portuguese Republic was the republican regime that replaced the monarchy in Portugal from 1910 to 1926, marked by political instability, frequent government changes, and significant social and secular reforms.
C. Constituent Assembly of Portugal
The Constituent Assembly of Portugal was a democratically elected body convened after the Carnation Revolution to draft and approve the country’s post-dictatorship constitutional framework.
D. Presidency of the Portuguese Republic
The Presidency of the Portuguese Republic is the constitutional office and institution that supports and embodies the functions of the President of Portugal as head of state.
E. Government of Portugal
The Government of Portugal is the executive branch of the Portuguese Republic, responsible for implementing laws, directing national policy, and administering the country under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Provisional Government of Portugal
Target entity description: The Provisional Government of Portugal was the transitional authority that led the country from dictatorship to democracy following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.

A. Portuguese Third Republic
The Portuguese Third Republic is the current democratic regime in Portugal, established after the 1974 Carnation Revolution and characterized by a semi-presidential system with a pluralist, multi-party political landscape.
B. First Portuguese Republic
The First Portuguese Republic was the republican regime that replaced the monarchy in Portugal from 1910 to 1926, marked by political instability, frequent government changes, and significant social and secular reforms.
C. Constituent Assembly of Portugal
The Constituent Assembly of Portugal was a democratically elected body convened after the Carnation Revolution to draft and approve the country’s post-dictatorship constitutional framework.
D. Presidency of the Portuguese Republic
The Presidency of the Portuguese Republic is the constitutional office and institution that supports and embodies the functions of the President of Portugal as head of state.
E. Government of Portugal
The Government of Portugal is the executive branch of the Portuguese Republic, responsible for implementing laws, directing national policy, and administering the country under the leadership of the Prime Minister.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	provisional government ⓘ transitional authority ⓘ
aimedTo	end authoritarian rule ⓘ negotiate independence of colonies ⓘ organize free elections ⓘ restore civil liberties ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Republic
capital	Lisbon ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
currency	Portuguese escudo ⓘ
endTime	1976-07-23 ⓘ
establishedAsResultOf	Carnation Revolution ⓘ
executiveBody	Council of Ministers ⓘ
followedBy	XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Governments of Portugal
follows	Carnation Revolution ⓘ Estado Novo regime ⓘ surface form: Estado Novo
governmentForm	provisional revolutionary government ⓘ
hasCabinetMember	António de Almeida Santos ⓘ Mário Soares ⓘ Sá Carneiro ⓘ Vítor Crespo ⓘ Álvaro Cunhal ⓘ
hasIdeology	democratization ⓘ political pluralism ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
hasPart	Provisional Government of Portugal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fifth Provisional Government of Portugal Provisional Government of Portugal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Provisional Government of Portugal Provisional Government of Portugal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourth Provisional Government of Portugal Provisional Government of Portugal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Provisional Government of Portugal Provisional Government of Portugal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sixth Provisional Government of Portugal Provisional Government of Portugal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Third Provisional Government of Portugal
headOfGovernment	Adelino da Palma Carlos ⓘ José Pinheiro de Azevedo ⓘ Mário Soares ⓘ Vasco Gonçalves ⓘ
headOfState	António de Spínola ⓘ Francisco da Costa Gomes ⓘ
legislativeBody	National Salvation Junta ⓘ surface form: Junta de Salvação Nacional
location	Lisbon ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese Third Republic ⓘ surface form: Third Portuguese Republic
precededBy	Estado Novo regime ⓘ
replaces	Marcelo Caetano ⓘ surface form: Marcelo Caetano government
significantEvent	decolonization of Portuguese African territories ⓘ drafting of the 1976 Constitution of Portugal ⓘ transition to democracy in Portugal ⓘ
startTime	1974-04-25 ⓘ
usedLegalInstrument	Constitution of 1976 ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Law of 1975

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Salvation Junta → succeededBy → Provisional Government of Portugal ⓘ

José Pinheiro de Azevedo → wasPrimeMinisterDuring → Provisional Government of Portugal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Provisional Government of Portugal

José Pinheiro de Azevedo → wasPrimeMinisterDuring → Provisional Government of Portugal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourth Provisional Government of Portugal