Former Member of Parliament and Minister of several portfolios.
Aknowledged University Teacher and Publicist. Former President of the
General Assembly of the United Nations Organization. Awarded, among
other decorations, with the Grand-Crosses of the Portuguese Orders of
Christ and of the Infante D. Henrique.
His wife is a writer under the name Maria Roma.
Father: Duarte Pinto de Carvalho de Freitas do Amaral. Mother: Maria
Filomena de Campos Trocado.
Has four children: Pedro, Domingos, Filipa and Joana. Had two older
brothers who died in infancy, Duarte and Pedro, and a younger brother,
João.