XX Constitutional Government of Portugal

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XX Constitutional Government of Portugal
XX Governo Constitucional de Portugal
Flag of Portugal.svg
Cabinet of Portugal
PedroPassosCoelho 2014 (cropped).jpg
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho
Date formed30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)
Date dissolved26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) (27 days)
People and organisations
President Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (PSD)
Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas (CDS–PP)
No. of ministers15 [lower-alpha 1]
Member parties Social Democratic Party
CDS – People's Party
Status in legislature Minority coalition government
Opposition parties
History
Election(s) 2015 Portuguese legislative election
(4 October 2015)
Predecessor XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XX Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XX Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 20th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, under the current Constitution. It was in office between 30 October 2015 and 26 November 2015, and was formed by a centre-right coalition between the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP), which ran together in the 2015 legislative election under the name Portugal Ahead. Pedro Passos Coelho, leader of the PSD, served as Prime Minister.

Contents

Lasting only 27 days, it was the shortest-lived Portuguese national government since the Carnation Revolution. [1]

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, and 15 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and sub-secretaries of state. [2]

OfficeMinisterPartyStart of termEnd of term
Prime Minister PedroPassosCoelho 2014 (cropped).jpg Pedro Passos Coelho PSD 30 October 201526 November 2015
Deputy Prime Minister P Portas 2009 (cropped).png Paulo Portas CDS–PP 30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of State and Finance Maria luis albuequerque 2014 (cropped).png Maria Luís Albuquerque PSD30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Rui Machete Minister (cropped).jpg Rui Machete PSD30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of National Defence Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco 2015.jpg José Pedro Aguiar-Branco PSD30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Internal Administration João Calvão da Silva PSD30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Justice Fernando Negrao PSD (cropped).png Fernando Negrão PSD30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Carlos Costa Neves PSD30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Presidency and Regional Development Luís Marques Guedes PSD30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Economy Miguel Morais Leitão CDS–PP30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Agriculture and Sea Assuncao Cristas em Obidos 2015 (passport ratio).png Assunção Cristas CDS–PP30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy Jorge Moreira da Silva - World Water Congress, Lisbon, 21 September 2014 (cropped).png Jorge Moreira da Silva PSD30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Health Fernando Leal da Costa Independent 30 October 201526 November 2015
MInister of Education and Science Margarida Mano Independent30 October 201526 November 2015
MInister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security Luis Pedro Mota Soares 2016.jpg Pedro Mota Soares CDS–PP30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Administrative ModernizationRui MedeirosIndependent30 October 201526 November 2015
Minister of Culture, Equality and Citizenship Teresa Morais PSD30 October 201526 November 2015

Notes

  1. Not including the Prime Minister and his deputy.

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References

  1. Reis, Anabela (10 November 2015). "Portuguese Government Falls After Lawmakers Block Coelho's Plan" . Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. "XX Governo Constitucional - 2015 - Composição". www.historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2021.