Luís Filipe Castro Mendes

Portuguese politician

Luís Filipe Castro Mendes GOIH GCM


Minister of Culture
In office 14 April 2016 – 15 October 2018
Prime Minister	António Costa^[1]
Preceded by	João Soares^[1]
Succeeded by	Graça Fonseca^[2]

Personal details
Born	1950 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal^[3]
Alma mater	University of Lisbon

Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes GOIH GCM (born 21 November 1950) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture from 14 April 2016^[3] to 15 October 2018.^[2] Mendes graduated from the University of Lisbon with a law degree. He served as the Portuguese ambassador to Budapest from 2003 to 2007, and as the ambassador to New Delhi from 2007 to 2009.^[3]

Distinctions

National orders

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (GCM, 28 January 2003)^[4]
Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (GOIH, 18 March 1986)^[4]
Commander of the Order of Merit (ComM, 12 September 1991)^[4]

Foreign orders

Brazil: Commander of the Order of Rio Branco (25 July 1996)^[5]
United Kingdom: Honorary Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (7 March 1986)^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Queiros, Luis Miguel (11 April 2016). "Um diplomata no Ministério da Cultura". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b José Almeida, São (14 October 2018). "Uma remodelação com peso político". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes". portugal.gov.pt. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal (2015–2019)

Prime Minister

António Costa

Ministers

Foreign Affairs	Augusto Santos Silva (2015–2019)
Premiership and Administrative Modernisation	Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (2015–2019) Mariana Vieira da Silva (2019)
Finance	Mário Centeno (2015–2019)
National Defence	José Alberto Azeredo Lopes (2015–2018) João Gomes Cravinho (2018–2019)
Internal Administration	Constança Urbano de Sousa (2015–2017) Eduardo Cabrita (2017–2019)
Justice	Francisca Van Dunem (2015–2019)
Minister Adjunct	Eduardo Cabrita (2015–2017) Pedro Siza Vieira (2017–2019)
Culture	João Soares (2015–2016) Luís Filipe Castro Mendes (2016–2018) Graça Fonseca (2018–2019)
Science, Technology and Higher Education	Manuel Heitor (2015–2019)
Education	Tiago Brandão Rodrigues (2015–2019)
Labour, Solidarity and Social Security	José António Vieira da Silva (2015–2019)
Health	Adalberto Campos Fernandes (2015–2018) Marta Temido (2018–2019)
Planning and Infrastructure	Pedro Marques (2015–2019) Nelson de Souza (2019; as Minister of Planning) Pedro Nuno Santos (2019; as Minister of Infrastructure and Housing)
Economy	Manuel Caldeira Cabral (2015–2018) Pedro Siza Vieira (2018–2019)
Environment	João Pedro Matos Fernandes (2015–2019; from 2018 as Minister of the Environment and of Energy Transition)
Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development	Luís Capoulas Santos (2015–2019)
Sea	Ana Paula Vitorino (2015–2019)