Antonio dos Santos Ramalho Eanes, b. Jan. 25, 1935, was                
president of !PORTUGAL!Portugal~ from 1976 to 1986. An army officer, he           
fought in the colonial wars in Africa. After the revolution of         
Apr. 25, 1974, he headed the Portuguese Television network and         
became army chief of staff in December 1975. On June 27, 1976,         
Gen. Eanes was elected president of the republic. A nonparty           
candidate supported by the Socialists, Popular Democrats, and          
Social Democrats, he won 61.5 percent of the vote. He was              
reelected on Dec. 7, 1980, with 56.4 percent of the vote.              
Legally barred from a third term, he was succeeded in 1986 by          
his former prime minister Mario Soares.