What is Diogo Freitas do Amaral?
[[File:Freitas_do_Amaral,_XV_Cimeira_Ibero-Americana_-_Salamanca,_Espanha.jpg|right|200px]] '''Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral''' ({{IPA-pt|diˈoɡu ˈfɾɐjtɐʃ du ɐmɐˈɾaɫ}}; 21 July 1941 – 3 October 2019), known as '''Freitas do Amaral''', was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] politician, writer and law professor. He was [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 12 March 2005 to 3 July 2006. He also was the [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] in an acting role from 4 December 1980 through 9 January 1981. He was born in [[Póvoa de Varzim]], [[Portugal]]. Frietas do Amaral was a candidate for [[President of Portugal|president]] in [[1986 Portuguese presidential election|1986]] and lost to [[Mário Soares]] by a small percentage. He was [[President of the United Nations General Assembly|President]] of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] from 1995 through 1996. In September 2019, Frietas do Amaral was hospitalized in critical condition for [[bone cancer]] at a [[Cascais]] hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/09/17/politica/noticia/freitas-amaral-internado-hospital-cuf-cascais-1886898|title=Freitas do Amaral internado nos cuidados intermédios|publisher=Publico.pt|access-date=3 October 2019|date=17 September 2019}}</ref> He died at the hospital on 3 October 2019 at the age of 78.<ref name = AP>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/17c2f49e7abb469a9ce50c492ece37dd|title = Freitas do Amaral, a 'father' of Portuguese democracy, dies|last = Hatton|first = Barry|work = [[Associated Press]]|date = 3 October 2019|access-date = 3 October 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frietas do Amaral, Diogo}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Portugal]] [[Category:Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly]] [[Category:Autobiographers]] [[Category:Portuguese lawyers]] [[Category:Portuguese academics]] [[Category:Portuguese writers]] {{bio-stub}} {{UNGA Presidents}}