António Augusto Peixoto Correia ( 11 October 1913 – 16 March 1988 ) was a Portuguese colonial administrator , military officer and politician . He was born 11 October 1913 in Vila Nova de Gaia , a suburb of Porto in northern Portugal . He was a navy officer , and was governor of the District of Huíla in Angola in 1955 . Between 1957 and 1958 , he was governor of Cape Verde . He succeeded Manuel Marques de Abrantes Amaral and was succeeded by Silvino Silvério Marques . He was governor of Portuguese Guinea ( Guinea-Bissau ) between 1958 and 1962 . During his tenure as governor , the Pidjiguiti massacre took place , which started the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence . He was succeeded by Vasco António Martins Rodrigues . He was Minister of the Overseas from 4 December 1962 to 19 March 1965 under Prime Minister Salazar . He was vice-president of the Council of Overseas Territories from 1960 to 1970 . He was member of the National Assembly of Portugal from 1965 until 1973 . He died on 16 March 1988
Pidjiguiti massacre
Pidjiguiti massacre
António Augusto Peixoto Correia