Prime Minister of Portugal
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| Style | His/Her Excellency |
| Residence | São Bento Palace Lisbon, Portugal |
| Appointer | President of Portugal |
| Term length | 4 years maximum (Parliament can be dissolved sooner). No term limits. |
| Inaugural holder | Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Marquess of Palmela |
| Formation | 24 September 1834 |
| Website | http://www.portugal.gov.pt |
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Prime Minister is the current title of the chief of the Portuguese Government. As chief executive, the Prime Minister coordinates the action of ministers, representing the Government from the other organs of state, accountable to Parliament and keeps the President informed. The prime minister can earn the role of head of government with the folders of one or more ministries.
There is no limit to the number of terms as prime minister. This is nominated by the President after legislative elections, to elect members to the Parliament, after having heard the parties represented in the Parliament. Usually, the named is the leader of the winning party in the elections.
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History [edit]
The first Prime Minister of Portugal was Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Marquess of Palmela, who was sworn in on 24 September 1834. The title of Prime Minister suffered several changes along the years, having names of differents functions and skills. Some of the names above, the post were: chief minister, chief steward, clerk of the purity, Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Internal Affairs of the Kingdom, assistant minister for Shipping, President of the Council of Ministers, head of the ministry and chairman of the Council. The actual appointment of the prime minister, attributed to the head of the Government of Portugal, was officially established with the Constitution of 1976, due to the revolution of 25 April 1974
Actuality [edit]
The incumbent Prime Minister of Portugal is Pedro Passos Coelho, who took office on 21 June 2011 as 12nd Prime Minister of the second Portuguese Constitutional Republic.[1] The official residence of the Prime Minister, a mansion next to São Bento Palace, which, in confusion, is also often called "São Bento Palace".
Portuguese Prime-Ministers:[2] 1st Mario Soares (two terms); 2nd Alfredo Nobre da Costa; 3rd Carlos Mota Pinto; 4th Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo; 5th Francisco Sá Carneiro; (interim) Diogo Freitas do Amaral - vice-prime-minister; 6th Francisco Pinto Balsemão; 1st Mario Soares (third term); 7th Aníbal Cavaco Silva (three terms); 8th António Guterres (two terms); 9th Durão Barroso; 10th Santana Lopes; 11th José Sócrates (two terms); 12nd Passos Coelho.
Graphical timeline (since 1974) [edit]
Living former Prime Ministers [edit]
There are eight living former Portuguese Prime Ministers:
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Mário Nobre Lopes Soares GColTE GCC GColL KE
served 1976–1978, 1983–1985 born 1924 -
Diogo de Freitas do Amaral GCC GCSE GCIH
served 1980–1981, born 1941 -
Francisco Pereira Pinto Balsemão GCC
served 1981–1983, born 1937 -
Aníbal Cavaco Silva GCC
served 1985–1995, born 1939 -
António de Oliveira Guterres GCC
served 1995–2002, born 1949 -
José Durão Barroso
served 2002–2004, born 1956 -
Pedro de Santana Lopes
served 2004–2005, born 1956 -
José Sócrates C. Pinto de Sousa GCIH
served 2005–2011, born 1957
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