Luís Filipe Marques Amado (born 17 September 1953) is a Portuguese politician who served as

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

, from 2005 to 2006, and

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, 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.

Education and personal life

Luís Amado graduated in

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from the Technical University of Lisbon, before becoming an advisor to the Portuguese National Defence Institute and Visiting Professor of

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. Married with two children, he has lived much of his life in

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, where he serves as a Deputy 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 *

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(ECFR), Member

Honours

National

Grand Cross of the

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(8 April 2009)

Foreign

*: Grand Cross of the Order of May (18 June 2003) *: Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II (9 October 2000) *: Grand Cross of

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(31 August 2010) *: Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (29 November 1999) *: Grand Cross of the

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(26 May 2009) *: Grand Cross of the

(17 March 2000) *: Grand Cross of Order of St. Gregory the Great (3 September 2010) *: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Jordan (28 May 2009) *: Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (20 June 2007) *: Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown (6 December 2010) *: Grand Cross of

Royal Norwegian Order of Merit The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norwegian: ''Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden'' (Bokmål) or ''Den Kongelege Norske Fortenesteordenen'' (Nynorsk)) was instituted by King Olav V in 1985. It is awarded to foreigners, Norwegian citizens livin ...

(25 September 2009) *: Extraordinary Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (7 December 2007) *: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (3 March 2009) *: Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi (23 November 2010) *: **Grand Cross of the

Order of Isabella the Catholic The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (; Abbreviation, Abbr.: OYC) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent Order of merit, orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain, alongside the Order of Charles III (established in 1771) and ...

(28 September 2000) **Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (22 October 2007) *: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (16 May 2008)

External links

Biography on Portugal.gov.pt

References

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