Luís Amado
Luís Amado | |
|---|---|
Amado in 2005 | |
| 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 |
| Political party | Socialist |
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.