Diogo Freitas do Amaral

Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Freitas do Amaral in 1980
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 March 2005 – 3 July 2006
Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates
Preceded byAntónio Monteiro
Succeeded byLuís Amado
In office
10 January 1980 – 12 January 1981
Prime MinisterFrancisco de Sá Carneiro
Preceded byJoão Cardoso
Succeeded byAndré Gonçalves Pereira
President of the Democratic Social Centre
In office
31 January 1988 – 22 March 1992
Vice PresidentBasílio Horta
João Morais Leitão
José Luís Nogueira de Brito
Luís Beiroco
Preceded byAdriano Moreira
Succeeded byManuel Monteiro
In office
26 January 1975 – 20 February 1983
Vice PresidentAdelino Amaro da Costa
Basílio Horta
Francisco Lucas Pires
Vítor de Sá Machado
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byFrancisco Lucas Pires
Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal
In office
4 September 1981 – 9 June 1983
Prime MinisterFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Preceded byOffice vacant
Succeeded byCarlos Mota Pinto
In office
3 January 1980 – 9 January 1981
Prime MinisterFrancisco de Sá Carneiro
Preceded byManuel Jacinto Nunes
Succeeded byOffice vacant
Minister of National Defence
In office
4 September 1981 – 9 June 1983
Prime MinisterFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Preceded byLuís de Azevedo Coutinho
Succeeded byCarlos Mota Pinto
Prime Minister of Portugal
Acting
4 December 1980 – 9 January 1981
PresidentAntónio Ramalho Eanes
Preceded byFrancisco de Sá Carneiro
Succeeded byFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Personal details
Born(1941-07-21)21 July 1941
Died3 October 2019(2019-10-03) (aged 78)
Cascais, Portugal
PartyIndependent (1992–2019)
Other political
affiliations
CDS–PP (1974–1992)
Spouse
Maria José Salgado Sarmento de Matos
(m. 1965)
Children4
Signature
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Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (European Portuguese pronunciation: [diˈoɣu ˈfɾɐjtɐʒ ðu ɐmɐˈɾal]; 21 July 1941 – 3 October 2019) was a Portuguese politician and law professor. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 January 1980 to 12 January 1981 and from 12 March 2005 to 3 July 2006. He also served briefly as Prime Minister in an interim capacity in the early 1980s, after the death of Francisco de Sá Carneiro.