XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal
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(30 January 2022)
The XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XXIII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 23rd government of the Third Portuguese Republic under the current Constitution, and had António Costa as the Prime Minister, in his third consecutive term. It was in office from 30 March 2022 to 2 April 2024 and was formed by members of the Socialist Party (PS).[1]
It was the second PS government to have absolute majority of seats in the Legislature, after the first government of José Sócrates, between 2005 and 2009. It was composed of 17 ministers and 40 secretaries of state.
Composition
The government was initially composed of the Prime Minister and 17 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries, and sub-secretaries of state. On 3 January 2023, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing was split into the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Housing, increasing the number of ministries to 18.[2][3]
Office | Minister | Party | Start of term | End of term | ||
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António Costa | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | |||
Minister of the Presidency | Mariana Vieira da Silva | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | João Gomes Cravinho | Independent | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister of National Defence | Helena Carreiras | Independent | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister of Home Affairs | José Luís Carneiro | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister of Justice | Catarina Sarmento e Castro | Independent | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister of Finance | Fernando Medina | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and for Parliamentary Affairs | Ana Catarina Mendes | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister of the Economy and Maritime Affairs | António Costa Silva | Independent | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister of Culture | Pedro Adão e Silva | Independent | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Elvira Fortunato | Independent | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | |||
Minister of Education | João Costa | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Ana Mendes Godinho | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | |||
Minister of Health | Marta Temido | PS | 30 March 2022 | 10 September 2022 | ||
Manuel Pizarro | PS | 10 September 2022 | 2 April 2024 | |||
Minister of Environment and Climate Action | Duarte Cordeiro | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Minister of Infrastructure and Housing[c] | Pedro Nuno Santos | PS | 30 March 2022 | 4 January 2023 | ||
Minister of Infrastructure[d] | João Galamba | PS | 4 January 2023 | 13 November 2023 | ||
António Costa | PS | 15 November 2023[4] | 2 April 2024 | |||
Minister of Housing[d] | Marina Gonçalves | PS | 4 January 2023 | 2 April 2024 | ||
Ana Abrunhosa | Independent | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Food | Maria do Céu Antunes | PS | 30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 |
Events
Resignation of António Costa
On 7 November 2023, Portuguese prosecutors detained António Costa's chief of staff Vítor Escária and named the minister of Infrastructure João Galamba a formal suspect in an investigation into alleged corruption in lithium mining, green hydrogen and a data centre deals. Over 40 searches were carried out in several buildings, including Escária's office, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Action.[5]
Costa met with the President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and announced his resignation in a televised statement in the afternoon, saying that "the dignity of the functions of prime minister is not compatible with any suspicion about his integrity, his good conduct and even less with the suspicion of the practice of any criminal act".[6]
On 9 November 2023, after meeting with the Council of State and talking with the political parties represented in the parliament, president Rebelo de Sousa announced snap legislative elections to be held on 10 March 2024. Because the 2024 government budget debate was still underway in the parliament and, by law, elections need to be held within 60 days of the dissolution of the parliament, president Rebelo de Sousa officially dissolved the parliament more than two months later, on 15 January 2024.[7][8] On 2 April 2024, the new center-right minority government, led by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, took office to succeed António Costa, resulting from the slim victory of the Democratic Alliance in the snap election.[9]
Notes
References
- ^ Hatton, Barry (30 March 2022). "Portugal's new govt sees EU aid as firing up economic growth". Associated Press. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Government Composition". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "João Galamba vai ser ministro das Infraestruturas e Marina Gonçalves fica com novo Ministério da Habitação". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2 January 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Portuguesa, Presidência da República. "Primeiro-Ministro assume funções de Ministro das Infraestruturas e Presidente da República aceita nomeação de Secretário de Estado Adjunto e das Infraestruturas". www.presidencia.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Demony, Catarina; Rua, Patricia Vicente; Goncalves, Sergio; Demony, Catarina (7 November 2023). "Portuguese PM to address lithium probe as minister named suspect in graft case". Reuters. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Portugal's PM Costa resigns over corruption investigation". Reuters. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ Goncalves, Sergio; Demony, Catarina; Demony, Catarina (9 November 2023). "Portugal president calls March snap election, leaves time to pass budget". Reuters. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "É oficial: Presidente Marcelo decreta a 9.ª dissolução do Parlamento". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Portugal's new government aims to outmanoeuvre radical populist rivals". euronews. 2 April 2024.
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