Luís Amado

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This article is about the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs. For the Spanish futsal player, see Luis Amado Tarodo.

Luís Amado

Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 3 July 2006 – 21 June 2011
Prime Minister	José Sócrates
Preceded by	Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Succeeded by	Paulo Portas
Minister of Defence
In office 12 March 2005 – 3 July 2006
Prime Minister	José Sócrates
Preceded by	Paulo Portas
Succeeded by	Nuno Severiano Teixeira
Personal details
Born	(1953-09-17) 17 September 1953 Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Political party	Socialist

Luís Filipe Marques Amado (born 17 September 1953) was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal in the government led by the Socialist Party. Before replacing Diogo Freitas do Amaral as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 30 June 2006, Amado was the Minister of Defence. He accepted the EU presidency for Portugal, on 30 June 2007.

Personal life

Luís Amado graduated in economics at the Technical University of Lisbon. He is also advisor to the Portuguese National Defence Institute and Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. He is married and has two children. He has lived much of his life in Madeira, where he was a representative 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)

External links

Biography on Portugal.gov.pt

Political offices
Preceded by Paulo Portas	Minister of Defence 2005–2006	Succeeded by Nuno Severiano Teixeira
Preceded by Diogo Freitas do Amaral	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006–2011	Succeeded by Paulo Portas
Preceded by Frank-Walter Steinmeier	President of the Council of the European Union 2007	Succeeded by Dimitrij Rupel

v t e Government of Portugal (19th Constitutional Government)

Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho Ministers Álvaro Santos Pereira Assunção Cristas José Pedro Aguiar-Branco Miguel Macedo Luís Marques Guedes Miguel Poiares Maduro Nuno Crato Paula Teixeira da Cruz Paulo Macedo Paulo Portas Pedro Mota Soares Vítor Gaspar

Authority control	VIAF: 99485511

Persondata
Name	Amado, Luis
Alternative names
Short description	Portuguese politician; former minister
Date of birth	1953-09-17
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death

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