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Government of Portugal

Body of sovereignty of Portugal

Summary

Body of sovereignty of Portugal

Field	Value
government_name	Government of Portugal
nativename
background_color	Green
border	central
image	[[File:Logótipo_do_Governo_Portugal.svg	250px]]
caption	Government logo
date
state	Portugal
address	São Bento Mansion
Estrela, Lisbon
appointed	President
leader_title	Prime minister
main_organ	Council of ministers
ministries	17
responsible	Assembly of the Republic
url

Estrela, Lisbon

The Government of Portugal, also referred to as the Government of the Republic is one of the four of Portugal, together with the president, the assembly of the Republic and the courts. It is both the body of sovereignty that conducts the general politics of the country and the superior body of the Portuguese public administration.

The term "constitutional government" or simply "government" also refers to the team of ministers and its period of management under one prime minister. This concept is similar to an "administration" in the parlance of a presidential republic or to a "collective ministry" in the parlance of some Commonwealth countries. Each government in this sense is identified by a roman number, with the present one (formed in June 2025) being the XXV Constitutional Government since the establishment of the current democratic regime, in 1976.

Composition

The Government comprises the prime minister, ministers and secretaries of state (junior ministers). Governments may also include one or more deputy prime ministers and deputy secretaries of state. Each minister usually heads a ministry and has assigned to him or her one or more secretaries of state, while certain governments may also assign one or more deputy ministers, as well.

Formation

After the elections for the Assembly of the Republic or the resignation of the previous government, the president listens to the parties in the Assembly of the Republic and invites someone to form a government.

The prime minister chooses members of the council of ministers. Then the president swears in the prime minister and the Government.

Functions

The Government has political, legislative and administrative functions. These include, among other things, the power to negotiate with other countries or international organizations, to submit bills to the Assembly of the Republic, to issue decrees and to take administrative choices.

The Government guides its actions by the governmental program and implements it in the state budget that is submitted to the Assembly of the Republic each year, in the laws that it proposes, in the decrees that it issues in the Portuguese Council of Ministers, and in individual decisions made by its members.

There are no guarantees that the government will stick to its government program, but if it fails to do so, its actions will be judged by the citizens in forthcoming elections.

The Government may also be questioned by the other three sovereignty organs: the president of the republic, the Assembly of the Republic and the courts. The president may veto governmental decrees and a government bill may fail to pass in the Assembly of the Republic, where a motion of no confidence may be approved.

The Council of Ministers

Main article: Council of Ministers (Portugal)

The Council of Ministers is a collegial executive body within the Government of Portugal. It is usually presided over by the prime minister, but the president of the republic can preside over it at the prime minister's request. Besides the prime minister, the vice prime ministers and all ministers are members of the Council of Ministers. When the prime minister finds it fit, certain secretaries of state can also attend its meetings, but without being able to vote.

List of governments (since 1976)

title=Governo de Portugal	url=https://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/gc22/governo/governos-anteriores	access-date=2020-07-25	website=portugal.gov.pt	language=pt}}	Start	End
Government	Notes and main political events
I	1976-07-23	1978-01-23	Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"		Mário Soares	PS
II	1978-01-23	1978-08-29	PS + CDS	Coalition government, President Ramalho Eanes dismisses the government
III	1978-08-29	1978-11-22	Independent}};"		Alfredo Nobre da Costa	Independent
IV	1978-11-22	1979-07-07	Independent}};"		Carlos Mota Pinto	Mota Pinto is appointed by President Ramalho Eanes to form government, prime-minister resigned
V	1979-08-01	1980-01-03	Independent}};"		Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo	Lurdes Pintasilgo is appointed by President Ramalho Eanes to form a caretaker government, the first and only time a woman has held this position
VI	1980-01-03	1981-01-09	Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}} 50%, 50%);"		Francisco Sá Carneiro,
Diogo Freitas do Amaral	AD (PSD + CDS + PPM)
VII	1981-01-09	1981-09-04	Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"		Francisco Pinto Balsemão	Pinto Balsemão is chosen by his party (PSD) to replace Sá Carneiro, prime-minister resigned
VIII	1981-09-04	1983-07-09	Pinto Balsemão is chosen by his party to become prime-minister again, prime-minister resigned
IX	1983-07-09	1985-11-06	Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"		Mário Soares	PS + PSD
X	1985-11-06	1987-08-17	Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"		Aníbal Cavaco Silva	PSD
XI	1987-08-17	1991-10-31	1987 election (50.2%)
XII	1991-10-31	1995-10-25	1991 election (50.6%)
XIII	1995-10-28	1999-10-25	Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"		António Guterres	PS
XIV	1999-10-25	2002-04-06	1999 election (44.1%), minority government, prime-minister resigned
XV	2002-04-06	2004-07-17	Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"		Durão Barroso	PSD + CDS–PP
XVI	2004-07-17	2005-03-12	Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"		Santana Lopes	Santana Lopes nominated after Durão Barroso's resignation, parliament dissolved by President Jorge Sampaio, new election called
XVII	2005-03-12	2009-10-26	Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"		José Sócrates	PS
XVIII	2009-10-26	2011-06-20	2009 election (36.6%), minority government, government resigned
XIX	2011-06-20	2015-10-30	Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"		Pedro Passos Coelho	PSD + CDS–PP
XX	2015-10-30	2015-11-26	PàF (PSD + CDS–PP)	2015 election (38.6%), minority government, motion of rejection approval
XXI	2015-11-26	2019-10-26	Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"		António Costa	PS
XXII	2019-10-26	2022-03-30	2019 election (36.3%), minority government, budget rejection
XXIII	2022-03-30	2024-04-02	2022 election (41.4%), prime-minister resigned
XXIV	2024-04-02	2025-06-05	Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"		Luís Montenegro	AD (PSD + CDS–PP)
XXV	2025-06-05	Incumbent	2025 election (31.8%), minority government

Logos

In the last decades, there have been different logos that represent the visual identity of the Government. File:Governo de Portugal (2004-2009) (Logo).png|Government logo, 2004–2009 File:Governo de Portugal Logo pre-2011.png|Government logo, 2009–2011 File:Governo de Portugal (2011-2015).png|Government logo, 2011–2015 File:Logo da República Portuguesa (2023).png|Government logo, 2023–2024 File:Logótipo do Governo Portugal.svg|Current logo, since 2024, also used between 2015–2023

Notes

| Interim prime minister between 4 December 1980 and 9 January 1981.

References

"Órgãos de soberania". [[Diário da República]].
(5 June 2025). "Diário da República n.º 108/2025, Suplemento, Série I de 2025-06-05". [[Diário da República]].
"Primeiro-Ministro". [[Diário da República]].
"Governo". [[Diário da República]].
"Conselho de Ministros". [[Diário da República]].
"Consulta de Governos Anteriores". XXIV Constitutional Government website.
"Governo de Portugal".
(8 April 2024). "O Governo e os seus logótipos. "Pela primeira vez", o design é "tema de abertura"". Renascença.

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