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Jose Alberto Azeredo Lopes

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Jose Alberto de Azeredo Lopes
Minister of National Defence
In office
26 November 2015 [1]  ? 15 October 2018
Prime Minister Antonio Costa
Preceded by Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco [2]
Succeeded by Joao Gomes Cravinho
Personal details
Born 20 June 1961
Porto , Portugal [1]

Jose Alberto de Azeredo Lopes (born 20 June 1961) [3] is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of National Defence from November 2015 [1] to October 2018.

Azeredo Lopes previously served as the president of the Regulatory Authority for the Media and was a law professor at the Catholic University of Portugal . [4] He announced his resignation as National Defence Minister on 12 October 2018 amid an investigation into a theft of weapons from a military base , [3] and was succeeded by Joao Gomes Cravinho on 15 October 2018. [5] In 2019, he was brought to trial over his alleged role in a suspected army cover-up of a theft of grenades, anti-tank rockets, other explosives and ammunition from a military arms depot in 2017; he himself has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. [6]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c "Jose Alberto de Azeredo Lopes" . portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 September 2018 . Retrieved 8 September 2018 .
  2. ^ Marques, Christopher (24 November 2015). "Antonio Costa indigitado: a lista dos novos ministros de Portugal" (in Portuguese). Radio and Television of Portugal . Retrieved 13 September 2018 .
  3. ^ a b "Azeredo Lopes, um ministro com uma passagem atribulada pelo Governo" . Visao (in Portuguese). 12 October 2018 . Retrieved 13 October 2018 .
  4. ^ "Jose Alberto de Azeredo Lopes" . portugal.gov.pt . Archived from the original on 8 September 2018 . Retrieved 8 September 2018 .
  5. ^ Jose Almeida, Sao (14 October 2018). "Uma remodelacao com peso politico" . Publico (in Portuguese) . Retrieved 15 October 2018 .
  6. ^ Catarina Demony (September 26, 2019), Former Portuguese minister to face trial over weapons theft cover-up   Reuters .
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