Diogo Freitas do Amaral

Order:	8th Prime Minister of Portugal (since the Carnation Revolution)
Term of Office	4 December 1980 - 9 January 1981 (interim)
Predecessor:	Francisco Sá Carneiro
Successor:	Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Date of Birth	21 July 1941
Place of Birth:	Póvoa de Varzim
Political Party:	People's Party/CDS

Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (b. Póvoa de Varzim, 21 July 1941) is a Portuguese politician and law professor, who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 12 March 2005. Prime Ministers of the Constitutional Monarchy (1834-1910) First Republic Military Dictatorship Estado Novo Third Republic See also: List of Presidents of Portugal, Politics of Portugal, Lists of incumbents This article contains content from HierarchyPedia article Prime Minister of Portugal, used here under the GNU Free Documentation License. ... The Carnation Revolution ( Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was a bloodless left-leaning revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy at the end of a two-year process of a communist dominated military administration. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro ( Oporto July 19, 1934 - Camarate December 4, 1980), was Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months in 1980. ... Francisco Pinto Balsemão is a former Prime Minister of Portugal, who served from 1981 to 1983. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... Póvoa de Varzim is a city (and a parish) on the coast of northern Portugal with a population of 63,470(the municipality in the 2001 census) and 88 km². ... Political parties in Portugal lists political parties in Portugal. ... The Partido Popular (known in English as the Peoples Party) is a Portuguese political party. ... Póvoa de Varzim is a city (and a parish) on the coast of northern Portugal with a population of 63,470(the municipality in the 2001 census) and 88 km². ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ...

In 1974, some months after the Carnation Revolution, he was one of the founders of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), now the People's Party, a right-wing party with close (albeit unofficial) ties to the Roman Catholic Church. He led this party till 1985, and again from 1988 to 1991. He served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 1975 to 1983, and again in 1992 and 1993. The Carnation Revolution ( Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was a bloodless left-leaning revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy at the end of a two-year process of a communist dominated military administration. ... The Partido Popular (known in English as the Peoples Party) is a Portuguese political party. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament; its building in Lisbon is referred to as Pal cio de S o Bento. ...

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 and Minister of Defence. He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1980 and 1981. After the death of Francisco Sá Carneiro, Freitas do Amaral was interim Prime Minister for a short period. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro ( Oporto July 19, 1934 - Camarate December 4, 1980), was Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months in 1980. ... Prime Ministers of the Constitutional Monarchy (1834-1910) First Republic Military Dictatorship Estado Novo Third Republic See also: List of Presidents of Portugal, Politics of Portugal, Lists of incumbents This article contains content from HierarchyPedia article Prime Minister of Portugal, used here under the GNU Free Documentation License. ...

He was a candidate 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 three eliminated candidates. Categories: Lists of office-holders | Portugal | Presidents of Portugal ... Second Round First Round General Summary The tighest presidential election ever held in Portugal was won by Mário Soares, who initially had no more than 5% at opinion polls. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ... Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (born December 7, 1924), Portuguese politician, was born in Lisbon, and graduated in history, philosophy and law from the University of Lisbon. ...

He was President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1995. The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly on a yearly basis. ... United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ...

A European federalist, he left the party he founded, disagreeing mainly with the Eurosceptic line followed by Manuel Monteiro and Paulo Portas. Euroscepticism is scepticism about, or disagreement with, the purposes of the European Union, sometimes coupled with a desire to preserve national sovereignty. ... Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro (b. ... Paulo Sacadura Cabral Portas was born on 12 September 1962 into a bourgeois family in Lisbon, with roots in Vila Viçosa on the paternal side and agricultural aristocracy of the side of his mother. ...

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 Foreign Affairs of the XVII Constitutional Government, led by the Socialist leader José Sócrates. The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ... The Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia. ... The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista) is a political party of Portugal. ... The Portuguese Parliament election took place on February 20, 2005. ... José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born in Vilar de Maçada, 6 September 1957) is a Portuguese politician, secretary-general of the Socialist Party and the current prime minister of Portugal, since March 12, 2005. ...

He has authored a biography of King Alfonso I. He is married to the writer Maria Roma. Sir Thomas Malory wrote the most famous fictional biography of the Middle Ages with Le Morte dArthur about the life of King Arthur. ... This is a List of Portuguese monarchs from the independence of Portugal from Castile in 1139, to the beginning of the Republic in October 5, 1910. ... Alfonso I Henriques of Portugal (Guimarães, 1109, traditionally July 25, – 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the first king of Portugal, declaring his independence from Leon_Castile, a deed often identifying the Condado Portucalense as the first nation_based state of Europe. ...

Note: in Portuguese, this politician is known as either Freitas do Amaral or simply Freitas, never Amaral.