The
National Salvation Junta (Junta de Salvação Nacional, ) was a group of
military officers designated to maintain the government of
Portugal in April 1974, after the
Carnation Revolution had overthrown the
Estado Novo dictatorial regime. This junta functioned between 1974 and 1975, following a communiqué of its president,
António de Spínola, at 1:30 a.m. on 26 April 1974.