Secretariado Nacional de Informação
The Secretariado Nacional de Informação, Cultura Popular e Turismo, usually known as the Secretariado Nacional de Informação or SNI, was the public organization responsible for political propaganda, public information, communications, tourism and cultural activity during the Estado Novo regime in Portugal.
It was based out of the, on Restauradores Square, in Lisbon.
The SNI developed an important role in the area of fine arts, film, theater, dance, literature, folklore, publishing, etc.
The organization was created in 1933, as the Secretariado de Propaganda Nacional, adopting the SNI designation in 1945. In 1968, it became the Secretaria de Estado da Informação e Turismo.
After April 25, 1974, with the Carnation Revolution, the SNI/SEIT's information and communications operations formed the basis for the new Secretaria de Estado da Comunicação Social, sometimes elevated as the.
Directors
Directors of the SPN
- António Joaquim Tavares Ferro – 1933 to 1945
National Secretaries of the SNI
- António Joaquim Tavares Ferro – 1945 to 1950
- António de Eça de Queirós – 1950
- José Manuel da Costa – 1950 to 1955
- – 1955 to 1958
- – 1958 to 1968
Secretaries of State for Information and Tourism
- César Henrique Moreira Baptista – 1968 to 1973
- Pedro Mourão de Mendonça Corte-Real da Silva Pinto – 1973 to April 25, 1974
Prizes
The secretariat issued various prizes in the theater world, some symbolic and some monetary. The SPN gave out the Prémio Gil Vicente between 1935 and 1962, with the exception of the years 1943, 1946–1953, 1957, 1959, and 1960.The SNI also awarded prized for musical theater, followed by the Artistic Awards, as well as other prizes for literary efforts.