José Alberto Azeredo Lopes
José Alberto de Azeredo Lopes (born 20 June 1961) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of National Defence from November 2015 to October 2018.
José Alberto de Azeredo Lopes | |
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| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 26 November 2015 – 15 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | António Costa |
| Preceded by | José Pedro Aguiar-Branco |
| Succeeded by | João Gomes Cravinho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1961 Porto, Portugal |
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. He announced his resignation as National Defence Minister on 12 October 2018 amid an investigation into a theft of weapons from a military base, and was succeeded by João Gomes Cravinho on 15 October 2018. 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.