Luís Amado
| Luís Amado | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 3 July 2006 – 21 June 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Preceded by | Diogo Freitas do Amaral |
| Succeeded by | Paulo Portas |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 12 March 2005 – 3 July 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Preceded by | Paulo Portas |
| Succeeded by | Nuno Severiano Teixeira |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 September 1953 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Political party | Socialist |
Luís Filipe Marques Amado, GCC (born 17 September 1953) was Minister of Foreign Affairs 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.
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 Madeira, where he serves as a Deputy in the Regional Assembly.
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