Teófilo Duarte (6 October 1898 – 16 May 1958) was a Portuguese colonial administrator, a military officer and a politician.

[2] Having participated in movements against the democratic governments, he was dismissed from the Portuguese Army in 1920, only to be reinstated after the 28 May 1926 coup d'état.

[3] He encouraged Portuguese immigration to the colony, including political deportees.

[6] On 1 September 1950, he was awarded with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ.

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