Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic Primeiro-ministro da República Portuguesa | |
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Style | His/Her Excellency |
Appointer | President of Portugal |
Term length | Four years maximum. No term limits |
Inaugural holder | Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Marquis of Palmela |
Formation | 24 September 1834 |
Website | portugal.gov.pt |
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The Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese : Primeiro-Ministro da República Portuguesa) is the head of the country's Government. He/she coordinates the actions of all ministers, represents the Government as a whole, reports his actions and is accountable to the Assembly of the Republic, and keeps the President of the Republic informed.
Prime Minister is the current title of the head of government of Portugal. As head of government, the Prime Minister coordinates the actions of ministers, represents the Government of Portugal to the other bodies of state, is accountable to Parliament and keeps the President informed. The Prime Minister can hold the role of head of government with the portfolio of one or more ministries.
Portuguese is a Western Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau in China. As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found in Goa, Daman and Diu in India; in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka; in the Indonesian island of Flores; in the Malacca state of Malaysia; and the ABC islands in the Caribbean where Papiamento is spoken, while Cape Verdean Creole is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based Creole. Reintegrationists maintain that Galician is not a separate language, but a dialect of Portuguese. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as "Lusophone" (Lusófono).
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.
There is no limit to the number of mandates as Prime Minister. He/she is appointed by the President of the Republic, after the legislative elections and after an audience with every leader of a party represented at the Assembly. It is usual for the leader of the party which receives a plurality of votes in the elections to be named Prime Minister.
A plurality vote or relative majority describes the circumstance when a candidate or proposition polls more votes than any other, but does not receive a majority. For example, if 100 votes were cast, including 45 for Candidate A, 30 for Candidate B and 25 for Candidate C, then Candidate A received a plurality of votes but not a majority. In some votes, the winning candidate or proposition may have only a plurality, depending on the rules of the organization holding the vote.
The official residence of the Prime Minister is a mansion next to São Bento Palace, which, in confusion, is also often called "São Bento Palace", although many Prime Ministers didn't live in the palace during their full mandate.
São Bento Palace in Lisbon is the seat of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, the parliament of Portugal. Originally constructed in 1598, São Bento has served as the seat of Portugal's parliament since 1834, when the former monastery of the Benedictine Order was dissolved after the Liberal Wars. During the Portuguese constitutional monarchy, the palace served as the seat of the Cortes Gerais, the traditional parliaments of Portugal, until 1910.
The origins of present office of Prime Minister of Portugal fall back to the beginning of the Portuguese Monarchy in the 12th century. Typically, a senior official of the King of Portugal prevailed over the others, ensuring the coordination of the administration of the Kingdom as a kind of prime minister. Throughout history, the prominent position fell successively on the Mayor of the Palace (Portuguese Mordomo-Mor), on the Chancellor (Chancellor-Mor), on the King's Private Secretary (Escrivão da Puridade) and on the Secretary of State (Secretário de Estado).
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.
Under the Merovingian dynasty, the mayor of the palace or majordomo was the manager of the household of the Frankish king. The office existed from the sixth century, and during the seventh it evolved into the "power behind the throne" in the northeastern kingdom of Austrasia. In 751, the mayor of the palace, Pepin the Short, orchestrated the deposition of the king, Childeric III, and was crowned in his place.
Chancellor is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience. A chancellor's office is called a chancellery or chancery. The word is now used in the titles of many various officers in all kinds of settings. Nowadays the term is most often used to describe:
In 1736, three offices of secretary of state were created, with the Secretary of State of the Internal Affairs of the Kingdom (Secretário de Estado dos Negócios Interiores do Reino) occupying a prominent position over the others.
Since the 1820 Liberal Revolution of Porto, liberalism and parliamentarism were installed in the country. In the first liberal period, there were three to six secretaries of state with equal position in the hierarchy, but with the Secretary the Internal Affairs of the Kingdom (usually known by Minister of the Kingdom) continuing to occupy a prominent position. Occasionally there was a Minister Assistant to the Dispatch (Ministro Assistante ao Despacho), a coordinator of all secretaries of state, and with a post similar to that of a prime minister. After a brief absolutistic restoration, the second liberalism started. With the beginning of the Constitutional Monarchy, the office of President of the Council of Ministers (President do Conselho de Ministros) was created. The Presidents of the Council were clearly the heads of government of the Kingdom, holding the executive power that absolutistic monarchs had, but were restricted by the controlling power of a National Congress.
Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but they generally support limited government, individual rights, capitalism, democracy, secularism, gender equality, racial equality, internationalism, freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion.
With the advent of the Republic in the 5 October 1910 revolution, the head of government was renamed President of the Ministry (President do Ministério). During this period the heads of government were under the strong power of the parliament and often fell due to parliamentary turmoils and social instability.
The 5 October 1910 revolution was the overthrow of the centuries-old Portuguese Monarchy and its replacement by the Portuguese Republic. It was the result of a coup d'état organized by the Portuguese Republican Party.
With the 28 May 1926 coup d'état, and eventually, after the formation of the Estado Novo quasi-fascist dictatorial regime of António de Oliveira Salazar, the Prime Minister was again named President of the Council of Ministers, and was nominally the most important figure in the country. First Salazar and then Marcello Caetano occupied this post for almost 42 years.
With the Carnation Revolution came the Prime Minister, which replaced the President of the Council.
The numbering of the Prime Ministers starts with the first President of the Council of Ministers of the constitutional monarchy. A second column is added after the establishment of the Republic, numbering the Prime Ministers from there to the present day. Another column is added for the numbering inside the three regimes: First Republic, the Second Republic and Third Republic, with a fourth column in the Second Republic to mark the numbering of Prime Ministers since the 1926 revolution that established the National Dictatorship and since the replacement of the National Dictatorship with the Salazarist Estado Novo. In the Third Republic, a fourth column is also used to distinguish the prime ministers of the provisional governments that existed during the period immediately following the Carnation Revolution of 1974 from the prime ministers that assumed office after the entry into force of Portugal's current democratic Constitution adopted 1976.
At the right hand side, a column indicates the official numbering of the Constitutional Governments. The numbering of the Constitutional Governments is not the same as the numbering of Prime Ministers since the Constitution because, whenever elections for a new Parliament take place, a new Constitutional Government is installed, even if the Prime Minister remains the same; however, there is also a change of Constitutional Government when the Prime Minister is replaced, even if in mid-Parliament. So, because some Prime Ministers managed to remain in office after fresh elections (thus serving as Prime Ministers under more than one Parliament), there are more Constitutional Governments than there are Prime Ministers.
The colors indicate the political affiliation of each Prime Minister.
No party
Chartist/Chamorro
Chamorro
Septemberist
Regenerator
Historic
Reformist
Regenerator/Historic
Progressist
Liberal Regenerator
Republican
Democratic
National Republican/Sidonist
Republican Liberal
Reconstitution Party
Nationalist Republican
Democratic Leftwing Republican
National Union/People's National Action
Democratic Renewal Party
Socialist
Social Democratic/Democratic Alliance
Democratic and Social Centre/Democratic Alliance
# | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office — Electoral mandates | Political party | Government | President (Mandate) | |
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54 | Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga (1843–1924) | 5 October 1910 | 4 September 1911 | Republican | 1st | Teófilo Braga (1910–1911) | |
1911 | |||||||
5 October 1910 revolution. | |||||||
55 | João Pinheiro Chagas (1863–1925) | 4 September 1911 | 13 November 1911 | Republican | 2nd | Manuel de Arriaga (1911–1915) | |
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56 | Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia (1867–1951) | 13 November 1911 | 16 June 1912 | Republican | 3rd | ||
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57 | Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva (1864–1950) | 16 June 1912 | 23 September 1912 | Republican | 4th | ||
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Royalist attack on Chaves. | |||||||
- | Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia (interim) (1867–1951) | 23 September 1912 | 30 September 1912 | Republican | |||
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Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva (1864–1950) | 30 September 1912 | 9 January 1913 | Republican | ||||
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58 | Afonso Augusto da Costa (1871–1937) | 9 January 1913 | 9 February 1914 | Democratic | 5th | ||
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59 | Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães (1851–1944) | 9 February 1914 | 12 December 1914 | Democratic | 6th, 7th | ||
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Portugal in the World War I. | |||||||
60 | "Vítor Hugo" de Azevedo Coutinho (1871–1955) | 12 December 1914 | 28 January 1915 | Democratic | 8th | ||
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61 | Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro (1846–1918) | 28 January 1915 | 14 May 1915 | Independent | 9th | ||
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- | Constitutional Junta composed of: José Norton de Matos António Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro de Castro | 14 May 1915 | 15 May 1915 | None | |||
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- | João Pinheiro Chagas (did not take office) (1863–1925) | 15 May 1915 | 17 May 1915 | Independent | 10th, 11th | ||
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62 | José Augusto Soares Ribeiro de Castro (1868–1929) | 17 May 1915 | 29 November 1915 | Democratic | Teófilo Braga (1915) | ||
1915 | |||||||
63 | Afonso Augusto da Costa (2nd time) (1871–1937) | 29 November 1915 | 16 March 1916 | Democratic | 12th | Bernardino Machado (1915–1917) | |
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64 | António José de Almeida (1866–1929) | 16 March 1916 | 25 April 1917 | Sacred Union (Evolutionist Party with the Democrats) | 13th | ||
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65 | Afonso Augusto da Costa (1871–1937) | 25 April 1917 | 7 October 1917 | Democratic | 14th | ||
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- | José Maria Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos (interim) (1867–1955) | 7 October 1917 | 25 October 1917 | Democratic | |||
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Afonso Augusto da Costa (1871–1937) | 25 October 1917 | 17 November 1917 | Democratic | ||||
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José Maria Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos (interim) (1867–1955) | 17 November 1917 | 8 December 1917 | Democratic | ||||
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66 | Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais (1872–1918) | 8 December 1917 | 14 December 1918 (died) | National Republican | 15th, 16th | Sidónio Pais (1918) | |
1918 | |||||||
Known as the President-King; establishment of an authoritarian regime; assassinated. | |||||||
67 | João do Canto e Castro da Silva Antunes Júnior (1862–1934) | 14 December 1918 | 23 December 1918 | National Republican | João do Canto e Castro (1918–1919) | ||
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68 | João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa (1883–1948) | 23 December 1918 | 27 January 1919 | National Republican | 17th, 18th | ||
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Monarchy of the North. | |||||||
69 | José Maria Mascarenhas Relvas (1858–1929) | 27 January 1919 | 30 March 1919 | Independent | 19th | ||
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70 | Domingos Leite Pereira (1882–1956) | 30 March 1919 | 30 June 1919 | Independent | 20th | ||
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71 | Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso (reconducted) (1864–1950) | 30 June 1919 | 15 January 1920 | Democratic | 21st | ||
1919 | |||||||
- | Francisco José Fernandes Costa (did not take office) (1857–1925) | 15 January 1920 | Republican Liberal | 22nd | António José de Almeida (1919–1923) | ||
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- | Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso (reconducted) (1864–1950) | 15 January 1920 | 21 January 1920 | Democratic | 21st | ||
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72 | Domingos Leite Pereira (2nd time) (1882–1956) | 21 January 1920 | 8 March 1920 | Independent | 23rd | ||
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73 | António Maria Baptista (1866–1920) | 8 March 1920 | 6 June 1920 (died) | Democratic | 24th | ||
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74 | José Ramos Preto (1871–1949) | 6 June 1920 | 26 June 1920 | Democratic | |||
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75 | António Maria da Silva (1872–1950) | 26 June 1920 | 19 July 1920 | Democratic (with the Socialists and Populars) | 25th | ||
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76 | António Joaquim Granjo (1881–1921) | 19 July 1920 | 20 November 1920 | Republican Liberal (with the Reconstitution Party) | 26th | ||
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77 | Álvaro Xavier de Castro (1878–1928) | 20 November 1920 | 30 November 1920 | Democratic (with Reconstitution Party and Populars) | 27th | ||
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78 | Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto (1880–1949) | 30 November 1920 | 2 March 1921 | Democratic (with Reconstitution Party and Populars) | 28th | ||
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79 | Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães (2nd time) (1851–1944) | 2 March 1921 | 23 May 1921 | Democratic (with Reconstitution Party and Populars) | 29th | ||
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80 | Tomé José de Barros Queirós (1872–1925) | 23 May 1921 | 30 August 1921 | Republican Liberal | 30th | ||
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81 | António Joaquim Granjo (2nd time) (1881–1921) | 30 August 1921 | 19 October 1921 | Republican Liberal | 31st | ||
1921 | |||||||
82 | António Manuel Maria Coelho (1857–1943) | 19 October 1921 | 5 November 1921 | Independent | 32nd | ||
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83 | Carlos Henrique da Silva Maia Pinto (1866–1932) | 5 November 1921 | 16 December 1921 | Independent | 33rd | ||
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84 | Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal (1888–1970) | 16 December 1921 | 7 February 1922 | Democratic | 34th | ||
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85 | António Maria da Silva (2nd time) (1872–1950) | 7 February 1922 | 15 November 1923 | Democratic | 35th, 36th, 37th | ||
1922 | |||||||
86 | António Ginestal Machado (1874–1940) | 15 November 1923 | 18 December 1923 | Nationalist Republican | 38th | Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1923–1925) | |
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87 | Álvaro Xavier de Castro (2nd time) (1878–1928) | 18 December 1923 | 7 July 1924 | Nationalist Republican (with the Democratics) | 39th | ||
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88 | Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (1865–1938) | 7 July 1924 | 22 November 1924 | Democratic | 40th | ||
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89 | José Domingues dos Santos (1885–1958) | 22 November 1924 | 15 February 1925 | Democratic Leftwing Republican | 41st | ||
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90 | Vitorino Máximo de Carvalho Guimarães (1876–1957) | 15 February 1925 | 1 July 1925 | Democratic | 42nd | ||
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91 | António Maria da Silva (3rd time) (1872–1950) | 1 July 1925 | 1 August 1925 | Democratic | 43rd | ||
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92 | Domingos Leite Pereira (3rd time) (1882–1956) | 1 August 1925 | 18 December 1925 | Democratic | 44th | ||
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93 | António Maria da Silva (4th time) (1872–1950) | 18 December 1925 | 30 May 1926 | Democratic | 45th | Bernardino Machado (1925–1926) | |
1925 | |||||||
28 May 1926 coup d'état. |
# | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office — Electoral mandates | Political party | Government | President (Mandate) | |||||
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Provisional Governments of the Revolutionary Period (1974–1976) | |||||||||||
- | National Salvation Junta composed of: António de Spínola, Francisco da Costa Gomes Jaime Silvério Marques, Diogo Neto, Carlos Galvão de Melo José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, António Rosa Coutinho | 25 April 1974 | 16 May 1974 | None | — | António de Spínola (1974) | |||||
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Military junta designated to maintain government following the Carnation Revolution. | |||||||||||
102 | Adelino da Palma Carlos (1905–1992) | 16 May 1974 | 18 July 1974 | Independent | Prov. I | ||||||
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Lawyer, opponent of the Estado Novo, appointed by presidential nomination. Led a broad-based cabinet. | |||||||||||
103 | Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves (1921–2005) | 18 July 1974 | 19 September 1975 | Independent | Prov. II | ||||||
Prov. III | |||||||||||
Prov. IV | Francisco da Costa Gomes (1974–1976) | ||||||||||
Prov. V | |||||||||||
1975 Cst. | |||||||||||
Army colonel with ties with the Communist Party; Nationalization of banks and insurance companies after the events of 11 March 1975; Land reform; Introduction of a minimum wage; PREC | |||||||||||
104 | José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917–1983) | 19 September 1975 | 23 June 1976 | Independent | Prov. VI | ||||||
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Coup of 25 November 1975; Approval of the new Constitution. | |||||||||||
- | Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa (1932–2010) interim [1] | 23 June 1976 | 23 July 1976 | Independent | (Prov. VI) | ||||||
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Minister of Internal Administration under Pinheiro de Azevedo; interim Prime Minister when Azevedo suffered a heart attack. | |||||||||||
Prime Ministers heading Constitutional Governments (1976–Present [update] ) | |||||||||||
105 | Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (1924–2017) | 23 July 1976 | 28 August 1978 | Socialist | I [Min.] | António Ramalho Eanes (1976–1986) | |||||
II (PS/CDS) | |||||||||||
1976 | |||||||||||
First democratically appointed prime minister; 1976-1978 economic crisis; International Monetary Fund loan; Submission of the candidacy of Portugal to the EEC. | |||||||||||
106 | Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa (1923–1996) | 28 August 1978 | 22 November 1978 | Independent | III | ||||||
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Appointed by Presidential nomination. Resigned after his cabinet failed to gain Assembly majority. | |||||||||||
107 | Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto (1936–1985) | 22 November 1978 | 1 August 1979 | Independent | IV | ||||||
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Appointed by presidential nomination. | |||||||||||
108 | Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo (1930–2004) | 1 August 1979 | 3 January 1980 | Independent | V | ||||||
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Appointed by presidential nomination. First and only female Prime Minister of Portugal; Creation of the NHS (National Health Service). | |||||||||||
109 | Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro (1934–1980) | 3 January 1980 | 4 December 1980 (died) | Social Democratic | VI (AD) | ||||||
1979, 1980 | |||||||||||
First centre-right Prime Minister since the Revolution; 1980 Azores Islands earthquake; Died in a plane crash. The accident triggered a number of conspiracy theories. | |||||||||||
110 | Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (1941–) interim | 4 December 1980 | 9 January 1981 | Democratic and Social Centre | (VI (AD)) | ||||||
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister under Francisco Sá Carneiro; interim Prime Minister upon Sá Carneiro's death. | |||||||||||
111 | Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão (1937–) | 9 January 1981 | 9 June 1983 | Social Democratic | VII (AD) | ||||||
VIII (AD) | |||||||||||
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1982 constitutional revision; Abolition of the Council of the Revolution; Creation of the Constitutional Court; Resigns after a poor result in the 1982 local elections. | |||||||||||
112 | Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (1924–2017) (2nd time) | 9 June 1983 | 6 November 1985 | Socialist | IX (PS/PSD) | ||||||
1983 | |||||||||||
Central Bloc (PS/PSD) coalition; Portugal's entry to the EEC; 1983-1985 economic crisis; International Monetary Fund loan; Moimenta-Alcafache train crash. | |||||||||||
113 | Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (1939–) | 6 November 1985 | 28 October 1995 | Social Democratic | X [Min.] | ||||||
XI | Mário Soares (1986–1996) | ||||||||||
XII | |||||||||||
1985, 1987, 1991 | |||||||||||
Longest serving prime minister in democracy and 3rd longest in Portuguese history; economic expansion; privatization of many previously government-owned industries; First time a single party won an absolute majority since the revolution; Chiado 1988 fire; 1989 and 1992 constitutional revisions; "Secos e molhados" police protests; Signing of the Maastricht Treaty; end of the Cold War; Gulf War; Legalization of private TV channels; Early 1990s recession; Riots against tolls on Ponte 25 de Abril. | |||||||||||
114 | António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (1949–) | 28 October 1995 | 6 April 2002 | Socialist | XIII [Min.] | ||||||
XIV [Min.] | Jorge Sampaio (1996–2006) | ||||||||||
1995, 1999 | |||||||||||
Expo 98; Macau handover; East Timor issue; 1997 and 2001 constitutional revisions; Hintze Ribeiro disaster; Decriminalization of drug use; Portugal joins the European single currency; Resigns after a disastrous result in the 2001 local elections. | |||||||||||
115 | José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956–) | 6 April 2002 | 17 July 2004 | Social Democratic | XV (PSD/CDS-PP) | ||||||
2002 | |||||||||||
Prestige disaster; 2003 Portuguese wildfires; Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal; Iraq War; UEFA Euro 2004; 2004 constitutional revision; Resigns to become President of the European Commission. | |||||||||||
116 | Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (1956–) | 17 July 2004 | 12 March 2005 | Social Democratic | XVI (PSD/CDS-PP) | ||||||
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Mayor of Lisbon (2002-2004, 2005). Replaced José Manuel Barroso as Prime Minister; resigned due to the dissolution of Parliament by the President. | |||||||||||
117 | José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (1957–) | 12 March 2005 | 21 June 2011 | Socialist | XVII | ||||||
XVIII [Min.] | Aníbal Cavaco Silva (2006–2016) | ||||||||||
2005, 2009 | |||||||||||
First time the Socialist Party won an absolute majority; 2005 constitutional revision; 2005 Portuguese wildfires; 2007 Abortion referendum; Treaty of Lisbon; Independente affair; Face Oculta scandal; Same-sex marriage legislation; 2011 Portuguese protests; 2010–13 Portuguese financial crisis. | |||||||||||
118 | Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (1964–) | 21 June 2011 | 26 November 2015 | Social Democratic | XIX (PSD/CDS-PP) | ||||||
XX (PàF) [Min.] | |||||||||||
2011, 2015 | |||||||||||
Appointed, after early elections, during the 2010–13 Portuguese financial crisis; Secret Services and Ongoing espionage scandal; September 15, 2012 mass protests; European Fiscal Union approval; 2013 governmental crisis and reshuffle; 2014 BES and ESFG corruption and money laundering scandal; Won the 2015 election but failed to win a majority; Defeated in a vote of no confidence just 10 days after taking the oath of office for his second term. | |||||||||||
119 | António Luís Santos da Costa (1961–) | 26 November 2015 | Incumbent | Socialist | XXI [Min.] | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (2016–) | |||||
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First Prime Minister from the second largest party in the elections; Formed a parliamentary agreement with the Left Bloc, the Portuguese Communist Party and the Ecologist Party "The Greens"; 2017 Portugal wildfires; Tancos military base 2017 robbery; October 2017 wildfires; Corruption scandals involving José Sócrates and his departure from the PS. |
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The title secretary of state or state secretary is commonly used for senior or mid-level posts in governments around the world. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple secretaries of state in the government.
The 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention was a Constitutional Convention which gathered at Old Parliament House, Canberra from 2 to 3 February 1998. It was called by the Howard Government to discuss whether Australia should become a republic. The convention concluded with "in principle support" for an Australian republic and proposed a model involving appointment of the head of state by Parliament. The model was put to a referendum in November 1999 and rejected by the Australian electorate.
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