Francisco Sá Carneiro

Born 19 July 1934 in Porto, Portugal

Died 4 December 1980 (aged 46)

Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro was a Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal for most of 1980, and founder of the Social Democratic Party. He only held office of Prime Minister for eleven months, dying in a plane crash with his partner, "Snu" Abecassis, on 4 December 1980.