Alberto Villaverde Cabral

Alberto Villaverde Cabral (21 June 1942 – 19 August 1996) was a Portuguese journalist and politician who served as the director of Information at RTP in the mid-1970s.

Early life and education Alberto Villaverde Cabral was born on 21 June 1942, in the Azores municipality of Ponta Delgada, as the son of Teresa Villaverde Rovirosa (1920–?), a native of Tarragona, and António Joaquim de Andrade Cabral (1908–), an agricultural engineer from Lisbon, who had to live in Ponta Delgada between 1940 and 1942 due to professional reasons.

Professional career Shortly after being released from prison in 1967, Villaverde was employed at the American news agency Associated Press, where he served as the head of the international section. Following the Coup of 25 November 1975, he was one of the co-founders of the newspaper O Diário, becoming the editor of its international section.

Death and legacy Villaverde died in Lisbon on 19 August 1996, at the age of 54, the victim of an illness.

A street in the parish of São Francisco Xavier, in Restelo, Lisbon, was named after him.