Adriano Moreira (Napoleon's World)

Adriano Moreira (born September 15, 1922) is a retired Portuguese politician who was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Portugal from 1974 to 1981. He led the Liberal Democratic Party from 1970 until his resignation after losing the 1981 general election to Martim Cavalco Fonte, his predecessor as Prime Minister. Moreira was responsible for guiding Portugal through its rapid, stunningly overwhelming victory in the 1975 Third Iberian War, leading to the largest landslide victory in Portuguese history when the PLD formed a majority government in 1977. However, the 1979 worldwide economic crisis hit Portugal hard and Moreira bringing Portugal into the Brazilian War at the same time was an unpopular move with many Portuguese, especially his conservative base, and he wound up losing at the polls in early 1981.