Luís Amado

Luís Amado
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	17 September 1953; Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Political party	Socialist

Luís Filipe Marques Amado, GCC (born 17 September 1953) is a portuguese politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2011 in Portugal's XIII Government led by the Socialist Party. Before replacing Diogo Freitas do Amaral as Minister of Foreign Affairs, on 30 June 2006, Amado had served as Minister of Defence. 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

Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), Member of the Board of Advisors[3]
European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member[4]

Honours

Grand Officier of the National Order of Merit, France (29 November 1999)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Greece (17 March 2000)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain (28 September 2000)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II, Belgium (9 October 2000)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of May, Merit Class, Argentina (18 June 2003)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Lithuania (20 June 2007)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, Spain (22 October 2007)[5]
Extraordinary Grand Cross of the National Order of Merti, Paraguay (7 December 2007)[5]
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, Sweden (16 May 2008)[5]
Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit, Poland (3 March 2009)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of Christ, Portugal (8 April 2009)[6]
Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit, Germany (26 May 2009)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Jordan, Jordan (28 May 2009)[5]
Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Norway (25 September 2009)[5]
Grand Cross of Order of Merit, Chile (31 August 2010)[5]
Grand Cross of Order of St. Gregory the Great, Holy See (3 September 2010)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi, Sovereign Military Order of Malta (23 November 2010)[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown, Luxembourg (6 December 2010)[5]

External links

Biography on Portugal.gov.pt

References

John Murray Brown and Tony Barber (November 20, 2010), Irish minister to recommend bail-out Financial Times.
Andrei Khalip (November 20, 2010), Portugal govt reshuffle seen, FinMin in question Reuters.
Board of Advisors Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), Belgrade.
Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
"Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
"Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Nacionais". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

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

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[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.

[OrdHonPor-5] "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[6] "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Nacionais". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 29 January 2017.