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

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, where he serves as a

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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.

Other activities

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

Honours

Grand Officier of the

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, France (29 November 1999) * GRE_Order_of_Honour_Grand_Cross_BAR

Grand Cross of the

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, Greece (17 March 2000) * ESP_Isabella_Catholic_Order_GC

Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain (28 September 2000) * BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Grand_Cross_BAR

Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II, Belgium (9 October 2000) * ARG_Order_of_May_-_Grand_Cross_BAR

Grand Cross of the Order of May, Merit Class, Argentina (18 June 2003) * LTU_Order_of_the_Lithuanian_Grand_Duke_Gediminas_-_Grand_Cross_BAR

Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas,

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(20 June 2007) * Order_of_Civil_Merit_(Spain)_GC

Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, Spain (22 October 2007) * Extraordinary Grand Cross of the

, Paraguay (7 December 2007) * SWE_Order_of_the_Polar_Star_(after_1975)_-_Commander_Grand_Cross_BAR

Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star,

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(16 May 2008) * POL_Order_Zaslugi_RP_kl1_BAR

Grand Cross with Star of the

, Poland (3 March 2009) * PRT_Order_of_Christ_-_Grand_Cross_BAR

Grand Cross of the Order of Christ, Portugal (8 April 2009) * GER_Bundesverdienstkreuz_5_GrVK_Stern

Grand Cross with Star of the

, Germany (26 May 2009) * Order_of_the_Star_of_Jordan_ribbon_bar

Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Jordan, Jordan (28 May 2009) * Den_kongelige_norske_fortjenstorden_storkors_stripe

Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Norway (25 September 2009) * CHL_Order_of_Merit_of_Chile_-_Grand_Cross_BAR

Grand Cross of

, Chile (31 August 2010) *

Grand Cross of Order of St. Gregory the Great, Holy See (3 September 2010) * OPMM-gc

Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi, Sovereign Military Order of Malta (23 November 2010) * LUX_Order_of_the_Oak_Crown_-_Grand_Cross_BAR

Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown, Luxembourg (6 December 2010)

External links

Biography on Portugal.gov.pt

References

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