Luís Filipe Marques Amado is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Defence, from 2005 to 2006, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 2006 to 2011, in the XVII and XVIII Constitutional Governments of Portugal, led by the Socialist Party. On 30 June 2007, he succeeded to the EU Council Presidency on behalf of Portugal.

The XVII Constitutional Government of Portugal was the 17th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, under the Portuguese Constitution of 1976. It was in office from 12 March 2005 to 26 October 2009, and was formed by the members of the Socialist Party (PS). José Sócrates, leader of the PS, served as Prime Minister.