| Júlio Castro Caldas | |
| Office: | Minister of National Defence |
| Term Start: | 25 October 1999 |
| Term End: | 3 July 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Jaime Gama |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal |
| Death Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Party: | Socialist Party |
| Profession: | lawyer |
| Alma Mater: | University of Lisbon |
Júlio de Lemos de Castro Caldas (19 November 1943 – 4 January 2020) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician.
Castro Caldas was born on 19 November 1943, and raised in Arcos de Valdevez.[1] He graduated from the of the University of Lisbon, and cofounded the CLA law firm alongside Correia Lopes and Mendes de Almeida.[2] Castro Caldas was a founding member of the, as well as the Portuguese Society of Arbitration.[3] He led the Portuguese Bar Association as president from 1993 to 1999, serving two terms.[4]
Castro Caldas was elected to the Assembly of the Republic from Viana do Castelo in 1980 and served until 1983, as a member of the Social Democratic Party. He then served as Minister of National Defence between 1999 and 2001. In November 2001, he began serving on the . Castro Caldas stepped down from the position in 2012.[5] [6] He died on 4 January 2020, aged 76, after seeking medical treatment for a stroke at the CUF Infante Santo Hospital in Lisbon.[7] [8]