XV Constitutional Government of Portugal

XV Constitutional Government of Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister José Manuel Durão Barroso
Date formed	6 April 2002 (2002-04-06)
Date dissolved	17 July 2004 (2004-07-17)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	Jorge Sampaio
Prime Minister	José Manuel Durão Barroso
Member parties	Social Democratic Party (PSD) CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP)
Status in legislature	Majority coalition government
Opposition parties	Socialist Party (PS) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Left Bloc (BE) Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV)
History
Elections	2002 Portuguese legislative election (17 March 2002)
Predecessor	XIV Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	XVI Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XV Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XV Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 15th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, under the Portuguese Constitution of 1976. The government was in office from 6 April 2002 to 17 July 2004 and was formed by a centre-right coalition between the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP). José Manuel Durão Barroso, leader of the PSD, served as Prime Minister.

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister and 17 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and under-secretaries of state. ^[1]

Ministers of the XV Constitutional Government of Portugal ^[2]

Office	Minister		Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		José Manuel Durão Barroso		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of State and Finances		Manuela Ferreira Leite		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of State and National Defense		Paulo Portas		CDS–PP	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities	António Martins da Cruz			PSD	6 April 2002	9 October 2003
	Teresa Patrício de Gouveia			PSD	9 October 2003	17 July 2004
Minister of Internal Administration	António Figueiredo Lopes			PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Justice	Celeste Cardona			CDS–PP	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Presidency	Nuno Morais Sarmento			PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		Luís Marques Mendes		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister (Ministro Adjunto do Primeiro-Ministro)	José Luís Arnaut			PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Economy	Carlos Tavares			PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries	Armando Sevinate Pinto			Independent	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Education	David Justino			PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Science and Higher Education	Pedro Lynce			PSD	6 April 2002	6 October 2003
		Graça Carvalho		PSD	6 October 2003	17 July 2004
Minister of Culture	Pedro Roseta			PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Health	Luís Filipe Pereira			PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Social Security and Labour		António Bagão Félix		Independent	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Housing	Luís Valente de Oliveira			PSD	6 April 2002	5 April 2003
		António Carmona Rodrigues		Independent	5 April 2003	17 July 2004
Minister of Cities, Territorial Planning and Environment	Isaltino Morais			PSD	6 April 2002	5 April 2003
	Amílcar Theias			PSD	5 April 2003	12 July 2004
	Arlindo da Cunha			PSD	12 July 2004	17 July 2004

References

1. "Decreto-Lei n.º 120/2002" (PDF), Diário da República (in Portuguese), vol. 102, Series I-A, 1st Supplement, Portugal: Conselho de Ministros, 3 May 2002
2. "XV Governo Constitucional - 2002-2004 - Composição". historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2023.