Luís Filipe Marques Amado

Luís Amado

Luís Filipe Marques Amado (born September 17, 1953 ) in Porto de Mós is a Portuguese politician . From July 3, 2006 to June 21, 2011 he was Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister José Sócrates led by the Socialist Party ( Partido Socialista ) . In the new government under Pedro Passos Coelho , he was replaced by Paulo Portas .

Life

After successfully completing a degree in economics at the Technical University of Lisbon , Luís Amado has an advisory role at the Portuguese National Defense Institute and is an honorary professor at Georgetown University . Luís Amado is married and has two sons.

Offices and functions exercised

• Member of the Madeira Regional Assembly
• Deputy State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior from October 30, 1995 to November 25, 1997
• State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from November 27, 1997 to April 6, 2002
• Minister of Defense from March 12, 2005 to July 3, 2006
• Minister of State from July 3, 2006 to June 21, 2011
• Foreign Minister from July 3, 2006 to June 21, 2011

Current offices

• Member of the Assembleia da República (dormant mandate)
• Secretary for international relations of the Partido Socialista

Awards

• Norwegian Order of Merit (Grand Cross)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Grand Cross)
• Ordre national du Mérite (Grand Officer)
• Order of Leopold II (Grand Cross)
• Order of Christ (Grand Cross)
• Large Federal Cross of Merit with a star
• Order of Gregorius (Grand Cross)
• Order of Honor (Grand Cross)
• North Star Order (Grand Cross)
• Order of the Oak Crown (Grand Cross)
• Order of Merit Pro Merito Melitensi (Grand Cross)
• Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Grand Cross)
• Ordem de Timor-Leste (Collar, 2011)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jornal da República: Decreto do Presidente da República n ° 34/2011 de 20 Maio , accessed on March 31.