| José Alberto de Azeredo Lopes | |
| Office: | Minister of National Defence |
| Primeminister: | António Costa |
| Term Start: | 26 November 2015 |
| Term End: | 15 October 2018 |
| Predecessor: | José Pedro Aguiar-Branco[1] |
| Successor: | João Gomes Cravinho |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Porto, Portugal |
José Alberto de Azeredo Lopes (born 20 June 1961) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of National Defence from November 2015[2] to October 2018.
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.[3] He announced his resignation as National Defence Minister on 12 October 2018 amid an investigation into a theft of weapons from a military base,[4] and was succeeded by João Gomes Cravinho on 15 October 2018.[5] 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.[6]