VI Constitutional Government of Portugal

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VI Constitutional Government of Portugal
Flag of Portugal.svg
Cabinet of Portugal
Francisco Sa Carneiro.jpg
Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro
Date formed3 January 1980 (1980-01-03)
Date dissolved9 January 1981 (1981-01-09)
People and organisations
President of the Republic António Ramalho Eanes
Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro
Vice Prime Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Member parties
Status in legislature Majority coalition government
Opposition parties
History
Elections 1979 Portuguese legislative election
(2 December 1979)
1980 Portuguese legislative election
(5 October 1980)
Predecessor V Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor VII Constitutional Government of Portugal

The VI Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: VI Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the sixth government of the Third Portuguese Republic, in office from 3 January 1980 to 9 January 1981. It was formed by a centre-right coalition between the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Democratic and Social Center (CDS) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), which ran together in the 1979 and 1980 legislative elections as the Democratic Alliance (AD). Francisco Sá Carneiro, leader of the PSD, was the Prime Minister, and Diogo Freitas do Amaral, leader of the CDS, was Vice Prime Minister.

On 4 December 1980, Sá Carneiro and the Minister of National Defense Adelino Amaro da Costa were killed in an air crash in Camarate, shortly after the plane carrying them took off from the Lisbon Airport. Following the disaster, Freitas do Amaral acted as interim Prime Minister until the dissolution of the government on 9 January 1981.

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister, one Deputy Prime Minister, and 14 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and sub-secretaries of state. The government also included the Ministers of the Republic for the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira. [1]

Ministers of the VI Constitutional Government of Portugal [2]
OfficeMinisterPartyStart of termEnd of term
Prime Minister Francisco Sa Carneiro.jpg Francisco Sá Carneiro PSD 3 January 19804 December 1980
Professor Doutor Diogo Freitas do Amaral.png Diogo Freitas do Amaral (interim) CDS 4 December 19809 January 1981
Deputy Prime Minister

(Vice-Primeiro-Ministro)

Professor Doutor Diogo Freitas do Amaral.png Diogo Freitas do AmaralCDS3 January 19804 December 1980
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister

(Ministro Adjunto do Primeiro Ministro)

Dries van Agt en Francisco Jose Pereira Pinto Balsemao (1982) (cropped).jpg Francisco Pinto Balsemão PSD3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor Doutor Diogo Freitas do Amaral.png Diogo Freitas do AmaralCDS3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of National Defence Adelino Amaro da Costa.jpg Adelino Amaro da Costa CDS3 January 19804 December 1980
Minister of Internal Administration Eurico de MeloPSD3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Justice Mário RaposoPSD3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Finance and Planning Cavaco Silva 1988.png Aníbal Cavaco Silva PSD3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Education and Science Vítor Crespo PSD3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Labour Eusébio Marques de CarvalhoIndependent3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Social AffairsJoão Morais LeitãoCDS3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries António Cardoso e Cunha PSD3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Commerce and TourismBasílio HortaCDS3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Industry and Energy Álvaro Barreto PSD3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Housing and Public WorksJoão PortoCDS3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of Transports and CommunicationsJosé Carlos Viana BaptistaPSD3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta Independent3 January 19809 January 1981
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of MadeiraLino MiguelIndependent3 January 19809 January 1981

References

  1. "Lei Orgânica do VI Governo Constitucional". Diário da República (in Portuguese). Vol. 32/80. Portugal: Conselho de Ministros. 7 February 1980.
  2. "VI Governo Constitucional - 1980-1981 - Composição". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.