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Diogo Freitas do Amaral

His Excellency
Diogo de Freitas do Amaral
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Freitas do Amaral in 2005
110th Prime Minister of Portugal
Acting
In office
4 December 1980 – 9 January 1981
(1 month and 5 days)
President António Ramalho Eanes
Preceded by Francisco de Sá Carneiro
Succeeded by Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 March 2005 – 3 July 2006
Prime Minister José Sócrates
Preceded by António Monteiro
Succeeded by Luís Amado
In office
10 January 1980 – 12 January 1981
Prime Minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro
Preceded by João Cardoso
Succeeded by André Gonçalves Pereira
Leader of the CDS – People's Party
In office
31 January 1988 – 22 March 1992
Preceded by Adriano Moreira
Succeeded by Manuel Monteiro
In office
19 July 1974 – 20 February 1983
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Francisco Lucas Pires
Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
4 September 1981 – 9 June 1983
Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Preceded by Position vacant
Succeeded by Carlos Mota Pinto
In office
3 January 1980 – 9 January 1981
Prime Minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro
Preceded by Manuel Jacinto Nunes
Succeeded by Position vacant
Minister of National Defence
In office
4 September 1981 – 9 June 1983
Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Preceded by Luís de Azevedo Coutinho
Succeeded by Carlos Mota Pinto
Personal details
Born (1941-07-21) 21 July 1941 (age 75)
Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations
Democratic and Social Centre - People's Party
Spouse(s) Maria José Salgado Sarmento de Matos
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Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (Portuguese pronunciation: [diˈoɡu ˈfɾɐjtɐʃ du ɐmɐˈɾaɫ]; b. Póvoa de Varzim, 21 July 1941), usually referred to as either Freitas do Amaral or informally Freitas or literarilly as D. Freitas do Amaral, is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 March 2005 to 3 July 2006. He also served briefly as Prime Minister in an interim capacity in the early 1980s.

He is the third but first surviving son of Duarte de Freitas do Amaral and wife Maria Filomena de Campos Trocado, and the older brother of João de Freitas do Amaral.

He is a Licentiate and a Doctorate in Law specialised in Administrative Law and Political Science from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, and a Cathedratic Professor in the Faculty of Law at the New University of Lisbon and is also a publicist.

Currently, he is Professor in the Faculty of Law of the Lusófona University of Lisbon, where he teaches and governs the chair of the Economics of Public Law in Law degree, developing other teaching activities in the same college.

In 1974, some months after the Carnation Revolution, he was one of the Founders and President of then Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), a right-wing party. He led this party till 1985, and again from 1988 to 1991. He served as a Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic (the Portuguese parliament) from 1975 to 1982 or 1983, and again in 1992 and 1993.


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