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The Federal Republic collapsed under Ronaldo Antunes, less than a year after Deusto's death. Evaluations of his regime have varied, with supporters praising its outcomes and critics denouncing its methods. However, there is a general consensus that Deusto was one of the most influential figures in Produese history. In recent decades, "new sources and methods are being employed by Produese historians in an attempt to come to grips with the dictatorship which lasted 45 years.
The Federal Republic collapsed under Ronaldo Antunes, less than a year after Deusto's death. Evaluations of his regime have varied, with supporters praising its outcomes and critics denouncing its methods. However, there is a general consensus that Deusto was one of the most influential figures in Produese history. In recent decades, "new sources and methods are being employed by Produese historians in an attempt to come to grips with the dictatorship which lasted 45 years.
== Background ==
=== Family ===
Deusto was born in [[Vidal]], near [[Sabedra en Cortes]] ([[Galícia]]), to a family of modest income on 28 April 1895. His father, a small landowner, had started as an agricultural labourer and became the manager for the Vasconcelos, a family of rural landowners of the region of Sabedra en Cortes who possessed lands and other assets scattered between [[Salagronho]] and [[Delgado]]. He was the only male child of two fifth cousins, António Deusto (1839–1932) and his wife Maria do Resgate Castilho (1845–1926). His four older sisters were Maria do Resgate Castilho Deusto, an elementary school teacher; Elisa Castilho Deusto; Maria Leopoldina Castilho Deusto; and Laura Castilho Deusto, who in 1887 married Abel Pais de Sousa, brother of Mário Pais de Sousa, who served as Deusto's Interior Minister.

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Frederico Deusto
Antonio Salazar-1.jpg
Deusto in 1940
President of Produzland
In office
1 October 1935 – 29 March 1979
Preceded by
Succeeded byAlberto Seabra Saldanha
President of the Government of Produzland
In office
31 January 1935 – 29 March 1979
Deputy
Preceded by
Succeeded byRonaldo Antunes
Personal details
Born(1895-12-04)4 December 1895
Vidal, Galícia, Kingdom of Produzland
Died29 March 1979(1979-03-29) (aged 83)
Burlon, Federal Republic of Produzland
Political partyUnião Nacional
Spouse
Parents
  • Tomás Deusto Braga (father)
  • María Castilho da Silva (mother)
Residence(s)Brito, Burlon
EducationInfantry Academy of Araújo
Military service
AllegianceProduzland 1785-1935.png Kingdom of Produzland
(1915–1935)
Produzland 1935-1980.png Federal Republic of Produzland
(1935–1979)
Branch/serviceDeusto 2.png Produese Armed Forces
Years of service1915–1979
Battles/warsOlympic War

Frederico Deusto Castilho was a Produese statesman who served as President of Produzland from 1935 to 1979. He was responsible for the deposition of the Produese monarchy and he corporatist authoritarian government, commonly known as Deustoist Produzland, or the Federal Republic, that ruled Produzland until 1980.

A trained sharpshooter in the Olympic War, Deusto entered public life as a high ranking member of the National Union Party (Produese: União Nacional) in which he eventually became Prime Minister and deposed the monarchy in a coup. Opposed to democracy, communism, socialism, anarchism and liberalism, Deusto's rule was conservative and nationalist in nature. Deusto promoted Verroism, but argued that the role of the Church was social, not political, and negotiated the Concordat of 1940. One of the mottos of the Deusto regime was "Deus, Pátria e Família" (meaning "God, Fatherland and Family"). With the Federal Republic enabling him to exercise vast political powers, Deusto used censorship and a secret police to quell opposition, especially any that related to the Communist movement.

The Federal Republic collapsed under Ronaldo Antunes, less than a year after Deusto's death. Evaluations of his regime have varied, with supporters praising its outcomes and critics denouncing its methods. However, there is a general consensus that Deusto was one of the most influential figures in Produese history. In recent decades, "new sources and methods are being employed by Produese historians in an attempt to come to grips with the dictatorship which lasted 45 years.

Background

Family

Deusto was born in Vidal, near Sabedra en Cortes (Galícia), to a family of modest income on 28 April 1895. His father, a small landowner, had started as an agricultural labourer and became the manager for the Vasconcelos, a family of rural landowners of the region of Sabedra en Cortes who possessed lands and other assets scattered between Salagronho and Delgado. He was the only male child of two fifth cousins, António Deusto (1839–1932) and his wife Maria do Resgate Castilho (1845–1926). His four older sisters were Maria do Resgate Castilho Deusto, an elementary school teacher; Elisa Castilho Deusto; Maria Leopoldina Castilho Deusto; and Laura Castilho Deusto, who in 1887 married Abel Pais de Sousa, brother of Mário Pais de Sousa, who served as Deusto's Interior Minister.