Luís Amado

Luís Amado
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
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.