José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo

Admiral José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, GCL (Luanda, 5 June 1917 – 10 August 1983) was a Portuguese political figure, reformer and revolutionary. He helped overthrow Marcelo Caetano in 1974. He served as the 105th prime minister of Portugal between 19 September 1975 and 23 June 1976. He ran for president in 1976, and lost.

He was one of two high-ranking military officers accused by Oswald LeWinter of trafficking in weapons which led to the death of Francisco de Sá Carneiro and Adelino Amaro da Costa.

Presidential Elections of 27 June 1976
'''Summary of the 27 June 1976 Portuguese presidential election results !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan="2"|Supporting parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right colspan="2"|First round !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
 * style="width: 9px" bgcolor=gray align="center" |
 * align=left|António Ramalho Eanes
 * align=left|Independent
 * align="right" |2,967,137
 * align="right" |61.59
 * style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" |
 * align=left|Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
 * align=left|Independent
 * align="right" |792,760
 * align="right" |16.46
 * style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" |
 * align=left|José Pinheiro de Azevedo
 * align=left|Independent
 * align="right" |692,147
 * align="right" |14.37
 * style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
 * align=left|Octávio Rodrigues Pato
 * align=left|Portuguese Communist Party
 * align="right" |365,586
 * align="right" |7.59
 * colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
 * width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,817,630
 * width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
 * align=right colspan="3"|Blank ballots
 * width="65" align="right" |43,242
 * width="40" align="right" |0.89
 * align=right colspan="3" |Invalid ballots
 * width="65" align="right"|20,253
 * width="40" align="right"|0.41
 * colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 75.47%)
 * width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,881,125 
 * width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
 * colspan=5 align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
 * }
 * width="65" align="right"|20,253
 * width="40" align="right"|0.41
 * colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 75.47%)
 * width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,881,125 
 * width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
 * colspan=5 align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
 * }
 * colspan=5 align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
 * }