Luiz Felipe Lampreia

Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia GCMG (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.

Luiz Palmeira GCMG
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

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]