Diogo de Freitas do Amaral

Diogo de Freitas do Amaral studied at University of Lisbon School of Law. The recorded working language is Portuguese. The field of work recorded is law and politics. Employment is recorded with NOVA University Lisbon and University of Lisbon. Positions recorded include Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of National Defence. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the National Order of Merit, Order of the White Star, 1st Class, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

• Honorific Prefix — His Excellency • Name — Diogo Freitas do Amaral • Honorific Suffix — GCC GCSE GCIH • Office1 — Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal • Term Start1 — 4 September 1981 • Term End1 — 9 June 1983 • Prime Minister1 — Francisco Pinto Balsemão • Predecessor1 — Office vacant • Successor1 — Carlos Mota Pinto • Term Start2 — 3 January 1980 • Term End2 — 9 January 1981 • Prime Minister2 — Francisco de Sá Carneiro • Predecessor2 — Manuel Jacinto Nunes • Successor2 — Office vacant • Office3 — Prime Minister of Portugal • Term Label3 — Acting • Term Start3 — 4 December 1980 • Term End3 — 9 January 1981 • President3 — António Ramalho Eanes • Predecessor3 — Francisco de Sá Carneiro • Successor3 — Francisco Pinto Balsemão • Office4 — President of the Democratic Social Centre • Term Start4 — 31 January 1988 • Term End4 — 22 March 1992 • Vice President4 — Basílio Horta João Morais Leitão José Luís Nogueira de Brito Luís Beiroco • Predecessor4 — Adriano Moreira • Successor4 — Manuel Monteiro • Term Start5 — 26 January 1975 • Term End5 — 20 February 1983 • Vice President5 — Adelino Amaro da Costa Basílio Horta Francisco Lucas Pires Vítor de Sá Machado • Predecessor5 — Office established • Successor5 — Francisco Lucas Pires • Office6 — Minister of Foreign Affairs • Term Start6 — 12 March 2005 • Term End6 — 3 July 2006 • Prime Minister6 — José Sócrates • Predecessor6 — António Monteiro • Successor6 — Luís Amado • Term Start7 — 10 January 1980 • Term End7 — 12 January 1981 • Predecessor7 — João Cardoso • Prime Minister7 — Francisco de Sá Carneiro • Successor7 — André Gonçalves Pereira • Office8 — Minister of National Defence • Term Start8 — 4 September 1981 • Term End8 — 9 June 1983 • Prime Minister8 — Francisco Pinto Balsemão • Predecessor8 — Luís de Azevedo Coutinho • Successor8 — Carlos Mota Pinto • Birthplace — Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal • Born — 21 July 1941 • Place of death — Cascais, Portugal • Died — 3 October 2019 • Party — Independent (1992–2019) • Other Party — CDS–PP (1974–1992) • Children — 4 Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (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.

He was born in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, 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 was 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 also a publicist. He served as a professor in the Faculty of Law of the Lusófona University of Lisbon, where he taught and governed as 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 Christian democratic 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. He was also a Member of the Portuguese Council of State (1974–1982). In the parliamentary elections of 1979 and 1980, the Democratic Alliance (of which the CDS was a part) won a majority and formed the government, in which Freitas served as Deputy Prime Minister or Vice-Prime-Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1980 and Deputy Prime Minister or Vice-Prime-Minister and Minister of Defence between 1981 and 1983. After the death of Francisco Sá Carneiro, Freitas do Amaral was interim Prime Minister for a short period between 1980 and 1981. Between 1981 and 1982 he was also the President of the European People's Party. He was a candidate in 1985 for the presidency in the 1986 presidential election. Supported by his own People's Party and by the Social Democratic Party, he established a commanding lead in the first round, but lost the second round by some 150,000 votes to Mário Soares, who was endorsed by the two eliminated candidates. He was President of the United Nations General Assembly (1995–1996). A European federalist, he left the party he founded, disagreeing mainly with the Eurosceptic line followed by Manuel Monteiro and Paulo Portas. Always seen as a right-winger, Freitas do Amaral supported the Social Democratic Party in the parliamentary election of 2002. However, disappointed with the government performance, and critical of its support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Freitas do Amaral surprised many observers by announcing his support for the Socialist Party in the 2005 election. He was subsequently nominated for Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the XVII Constitutional Government, led by the Socialist leader José Sócrates. He resigned after a little over one year in office, citing health reasons and, as revealed to a newspaper, tiredness resulting from the many diplomatic trips taken. He was also a Juridical Consultant of many companies. He authored a biography of King Afonso I and a play about Viriatus. He also published a study of the actuality and reform of the prison system in Portugal.

• Estonia: First Class of the Order of the White Star (29 March 2006) • France: Commander of National Order of Merit (27 January 2006) • Germany: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (22 December 1980) • Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (3 November 1980) • Norway: Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (3 November 1980)

He married in Sintra, Santa Maria, on 31 July 1965 Maria José Salgado Sarmento de Matos, born in Lisbon on 13 October 1943, writer under the pseudonym Maria Roma, daughter of José Sarmento Osório de Vasconcelos de Matos (Moimenta da Beira, 28 July 1909 – Sintra, 17 July 1992). They had four children. In September 2019, Freitas do Amaral was hospitalized in critical condition at a Cascais hospital. On 3 October 2019, it was announced that Freitas do Amaral had died.

The authorities additionally record the heading Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral. His recorded language was Portuguese. He was the child of Duarte de Freitas do Amaral. One child is recorded: Domingos Amaral. Other recorded relations include Duarte do Amaral Pinto de Freitas and Paulo Freitas do Amaral.

Diogo de Freitas do Amaral worked in law and politics. He was employed by NOVA University Lisbon and University of Lisbon. Recorded positions include Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of National Defence, Prime Minister of Portugal, deputy of the Constituent Assembly and member of the Assembly of the Republic. He belonged to Portuguese Council of State.

Diogo de Freitas do Amaral is recorded as having received Commander of the National Order of Merit, Order of the White Star, 1st Class and Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Formation and teaching. Amaral studied at University of Lisbon School of Law. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Juridical Science.