José Adriano Pequito Rebelo

José Adriano Pequito Rebelo (21 May 1892 in Gavião, Portugal – 22 January 1983 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese writer, politician and aviator.

Early life Born into a monarchist family, Pequito Rebelo studied law at University of Coimbra where he followed in the family's political footsteps. He followed his family into exile in the early 1910s to Paris and whilst there became converted to the Action Française school of monarchism. They remained in regular correspondence throughout the 1930s.

Adventurism Left somewhat restless by his support for the government Pequito Rebelo volunteered as an aviator in the Spanish Civil War on the side of Francisco Franco. In later years he became a leading advocate of colonialism and in 1961, despite his age, volunteered for pilot duties against pro-independence guerrillas in Portuguese Angola.

He continued writing until his death in 1983.