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Júlio de Lemos de Castro Caldas (19 November 1943 – 4 January 2020) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician.


Legal career

Castro Caldas was born on 19 November 1943, and raised in
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, and cofounded the CLA law firm alongside Correia Lopes and Mendes de Almeida. Castro Caldas was a founding member of the , as well as the Portuguese Society of Arbitration. He led the Portuguese Bar Association as president from 1993 to 1999, serving two terms.


Political career

Castro Caldas was elected to the Assembly of the Republic from
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in 1980 and served until 1983, as a member of the
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. He then served as Minister of National Defence between 1999 and 2001. In November 2001, he began serving on the . Castro Caldas stepped down from the position in 2012. He died on 4 January 2020, aged 76, after seeking medical treatment for a stroke at the CUF Infante Santo Hospital in Lisbon.


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1943 births 2020 deaths People from Arcos de Valdevez Social Democratic Party (Portugal) politicians Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) 20th-century Portuguese politicians 21st-century Portuguese politicians 20th-century Portuguese lawyers 21st-century Portuguese lawyers Ministers of national defence of Portugal {{Portugal-politician-stub