Luiz Palmeira | |
Birth Name: | Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia |
Birth Date: | 19 October 1941 |
Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Death Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start: | 1 January 1995 |
Term End: | 12 January 2001 |
President: | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
Predecessor: | Celso Amorim |
Successor: | Celso Lafer |
Office1: | Secretary General of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start1: | 8 October 1992 |
Term End1: | 23 June 1993 |
President1: | Itamar Franco |
Predecessor1: | Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa |
Successor1: | Celso Amorim |
Office2: | Ambassador of Brazil to Portugal |
Term Start2: | 18 August 1990 |
Term End2: | 7 October 1992 |
Nominator2: | Fernando Collor de Mello |
Predecessor2: | Alberto da Costa e Silva |
Successor2: | Luiz Henrique Pereira da Fonseca |
Office3: | Ambassador of Brazil to Suriname |
Term Start3: | 18 July 1983 |
Term End3: | 1 August 1985 |
Nominator3: | João Figueiredo |
Predecessor3: | Nestor dos Santos Lima |
Successor3: | Sérgio Bath |
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.[1] He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2001.[2]
Lampreia died in Rio de Janeiro from a heart attack on 2 February 2016 at the age of 74.[3]