Luís Amado

This article is about the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs. For the Spanish futsal player, see Luis Amado Tarodo.
Luís Amado
GCC
Amado in 2005
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
3 July 2006 – 21 June 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates
Preceded byDiogo Freitas do Amaral
Succeeded byPaulo Portas
Minister of Defence
In office
12 March 2005 – 3 July 2006
Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates
Preceded byPaulo Portas
Succeeded byNuno Severiano Teixeira
Personal details
Born (1953-09-17) 17 September 1953 (age 71)
Lisbon, Portugal
Political partySocialist

Luís Filipe Marques Amado GCC (born 17 September 1953) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Defence, from 2005 to 2006, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 2006 to 2011, in the XVII and XVIII Constitutional Governments of Portugal, led by the Socialist Party. On 30 June 2007, he succeeded to the EU Council Presidency on behalf of Portugal.

Education and personal life

Luís Amado graduated in economics from the Technical University of Lisbon, before becoming an advisor to the Portuguese National Defence Institute and Visiting Professor of Georgetown University. Married with two children, he has lived much of his life in Madeira, where he serves as a Deputy in the Regional Assembly.

Government posts

  • Deputy Secretary of State of Internal Administration, in the XIII Government. (1995–1997)
  • Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in the XIII Government. (1997–1999)
  • Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in the XIV Government. (1999–2002)
  • Minister of Defence, in the XVII Government. (2005–2006)
  • Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, in the XVII Government. (2006–2009)
  • Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, in the XVIII Government. (2009–2011)

By late 2010, Amado was widely expected to be replaced after he had called for the centre-left Socialists to form a coalition government with the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD), the main opposition party at the time; Sócrates did not endorse the proposal.[1][2]

Other activities

Honours

National

Foreign

References

  1. ^ John Murray Brown and Tony Barber (November 20, 2010), Irish minister to recommend bail-out Financial Times.
  2. ^ Andrei Khalip (November 20, 2010), Portugal govt reshuffle seen, FinMin in question Reuters.
  3. ^ Board of Advisors Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), Belgrade.
  4. ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
  5. ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Nacionais". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Defence
2005–2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
2006–2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Council of the European Union
2007 		Succeeded by