XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal

XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal
XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal
; Cabinet of Portugal
	António Costa in 2014
Date formed	26 November 2015; 8 years ago
Date dissolved	26 October 2019 (3 years and 11 months)
People and organisations
President of the Portuguese Republic	Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Prime Minister	António Costa (PS)
Prime Minister's history	Former Portuguese Government minister; Former Mayor of Lisbon; Appointed by President Aníbal Cavaco Silva on 24 November 2015
No. of ministers	18 (17 ministers plus the Prime Minister)
Status in legislature	Socialist Party (PS) minority government,; supported (confidence and supply) by; Left Bloc (BE), Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV)
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD); CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP); People–Animals–Nature (PAN);
History
Election	Portuguese legislative election, 2015
Predecessor	XX Constitutional Government
Successor	XXII Constitutional Government

The XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XXI Governo Constitucional de Portugal) is the 21st cabinet of the Portuguese government since the establishment of the current constitution. It was established on 26 November 2015 as a Socialist Party (PS) minority government led by Prime Minister António Costa.

Background

After the 2015 legislative election had resulted in a hung parliament, the leader of the Portugal Ahead alliance (PPD/PSD.CDS–PP), then Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho was given the task of forming a new government. However, as his minority government failed to secure support by any other party, notably the Socialist, the Government Programme was rejected by a vote of 123 to 107 deputies, leading to the government's disbandment within less than a month.^[1]

In the meantime, Socialist Party secretary-general António Costa had succeeded in securing support for a Socialist minority government by the Left Bloc (B.E.), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV), in a confidence and supply agreement. Subsequently, he was appointed as the new Prime Minister on 24 November 2015.^[2] The cabinet members took their oath of office on 26 November 2015.

Composition

Minister	Incumbent	Party		Term
Prime Minister	António Costa	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – present
Foreign Affairs	Augusto Santos Silva	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – present
Premiership and Administrative Modernization	Maria Manuel Leitão Marques	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – 18 February 2019
Premiership and Administrative Modernization	Mariana Viera da Silva	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	18 February 2019 - present
Finance	Mário Centeno	width="2px" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – present
National Defence	José Alberto Azeredo Lopes	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – 12 October 2018
National Defence	João Gomes Cravinho	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	15 October 2018 – present
Internal Administration	Constança Urbano de Sousa	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – 18 October 2017
Internal Administration	Eduardo Cabrita	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	21 October 2017 – present
Justice	Francisca Van Dunem	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – present
Deputy Minister (position abolished)	Eduardo Cabrita	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – 21 October 2017
Deputy Minister (position abolished)	Pedro Siza Vieira	width="2px" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	21 October 2017 – present
Deputy Minister and Economy	Pedro Siza Vieira	width="2px" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	15 October 2018 - present
Culture	João Soares	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – 8 April 2016
	Luís Filipe Castro Mendes	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	14 April 2016 – 15 October 2018
	Graça Fonseca	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	15 October 2018 – present
Science, Technology and Higher Education	Manuel Heitor	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – present
Education	Tiago Brandão Rodrigues	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – present
Labour, Solidarity and Social Security	José António Vieira da Silva	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – present
Health	Adalberto Campos Fernandes	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – 15 October 2018
Health	Marta Temido	width=2px style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	15 October 2018 – present
Planning and Infrastructure (position abolished)	Pedro Marques	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – 18 February 2019
Planning	Nelson de Souza	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	18 February 2019 - present
Infrastructure and Housing	Pedro Nuno Santos	width=2px style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	18 February 2019 - present
Economy (position abolished)	Manuel Caldeira Cabral	width="2px" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – 15 October 2018
Environment (position abolished)	João Pedro Matos Fernandes	width="2px" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	26 November 2015 – 15 October 2018
Environment and Energy Transition	João Pedro Matos Fernandes	width="2px" style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" \|	Independent	15 October 2018 – present
Agriculture	Luís Capoulas Santos	width="2px" style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – present
Sea	Ana Paula Vitorino	width="2px" style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Party	26 November 2015 – present

References

^ Angelique Chrisafis (10 November 2015). "Portuguese MPs force minority government to quit over austerity". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ "Presidente da República indicou Secretário-Geral do PS para Primeiro-Ministro" (in Portuguese). Presidência da República. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

[1] Angelique Chrisafis (10 November 2015). "Portuguese MPs force minority government to quit over austerity". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

[2] "Presidente da República indicou Secretário-Geral do PS para Primeiro-Ministro" (in Portuguese). Presidência da República. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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