Luiz Felipe Lampreia

Luiz Felipe Palmeira Lampreia (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.

Lampreia served as ambassador to Suriname from 1983 until 1985, and ambassor to Portugal from 1990 to 1992. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2001.

Lampreia died in Rio de Janeiro from a heart attack on 2 February 2016 at the age of 74.

Honors and awards

 * Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay - ribbon bar.gif 🇺🇾 Uruguay: Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (7 May 1997).
 * UK Order St-Michael St-George ribbon.svg undefined: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).