Luís Filipe Castro Mendes
Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture from 14 April 2016 to 15 October 2018.
Biography
Mendes graduated from the University of Lisbon with a law degree.He served as the Portuguese ambassador to Budapest from 2003 to 2007, and as the ambassador to New Delhi from 2007 to 2009.
in 2010, he replaces Manuel Maria Carrilho as Permanent delegates of Portugal to UNESCO.
Distinctions
National orders
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
- Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
- Commander of the Order of Merit
Foreign orders
- : Commander of the Order of Rio Branco
- : Honorary Commander of the Royal Victorian Order