Luís Filipe Castro Mendes

Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes (born 21 November 1950) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture from 14 April 2016 to 15 October 2018. 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.

National orders

 * POR Ordem do Merito Gra-Cruz BAR.svg Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (GCM, 28 January 2003)
 * PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Officer BAR.svg Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (GOIH, 18 March 1986)
 * POR Ordem do Merito Comendador BAR.svg Commander of the Order of Merit (ComM, 12 September 1991)

Foreign orders

 * 🇧🇷 Brazil: Commander of the Order of Rio Branco (25 July 1996)
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Honorary Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (7 March 1986)