What is Álvaro Cunhal?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Álvaro Cunhal |honorific-suffix = |image = Alvaro Cunhal (1980).jpg |caption = |office = [[Democratic Unitarian Coalition|Leader of the Democratic Unitarian Coalition]] |term_start = 30 September 1987 |term_end = 5 December 1992 |predecessor = ''Position established'' |successor = [[Carlos Carvalhas]] |office2 = [[Portuguese Communist Party|General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party]] |term_start2 = 31 March 1961 |term_end2 = 5 December 1992 |predecessor2 = [[Bento António Gonçalves|Bento Gonçalves]] |successor2 = [[Carlos Carvalhas]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|11|10|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Coimbra]], [[Portugal]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|6|13|1913|11|10}} |death_place = [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] |party = [[Portuguese Communist Party]] |relations = |residence = |alma_mater = [[University of Lisbon]] |website = }} '''Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal''' ({{IPA-pt|ˈalvɐɾu kuˈɲal}}; 10 November 1913 – 13 June 2005) was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[politician]]. He was secretary-general of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]] (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. He strongly supported the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoge|first=Warren|title=Álvaro Cunhal Dies at 91; Led Portuguese Communists|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/14/obituaries/alvaro-cunhal-dies-at-91-led-portuguese-communists.html|publisher=New York Times|access-date=24 September 2016|date=June 14, 2005}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cunhal, Alvaro}} [[Category:1913 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:Communist politicians]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin]] [[Category:Atheists]] [[Category:Portuguese writers]] [[Category:People from Coimbra]] {{bio-stub}}