Luiz Felipe Lampreia

Luiz Palmeira
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Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 January 1995 – 12 January 2001
President	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Preceded by	Celso Amorim
Succeeded by	Celso Lafer
Secretary General of Foreign Affairs
In office 8 October 1992 – 23 June 1993
President	Itamar Franco
Preceded by	Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa
Succeeded by	Celso Amorim
Ambassador of Brazil to Portugal
In office 18 August 1990 – 7 October 1992
Nominated by	Fernando Collor de Mello
Preceded by	Alberto da Costa e Silva
Succeeded by	Luiz Henrique Pereira da Fonseca
Ambassador of Brazil to Suriname
In office 18 July 1983 – 1 August 1985
Nominated by	João Figueiredo
Preceded by	Nestor dos Santos Lima
Succeeded by	Sérgio Bath
Personal details
Born	Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (1941-10-19)19 October 1941 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	2 February 2016(2016-02-02) (aged 74) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (19 October 1941 – 2 February 2016) was a Brazilian diplomat and sociologist. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Lampreia worked as a professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He served as chairman of the Industry Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro. He created a blog during his later career called O Globo. Lampreia served as ambassador to Suriname from 1983 until 1985, and ambassor to Portugal from 1990 to 1992. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2001. Lampreia died in Rio de Janeiro from a heart attack on 2 February 2016 at the age of 74.

Honors and awards

• File:Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay - ribbon bar.gif Uruguay: Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (7 May 1997).
• File:UK Order St-Michael St-George ribbon.svg United Kingdom: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).