VI Constitutional Government of Portugal

VI Constitutional Government of Portugal

Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro
Date formed3 January 1980 (1980-01-03)
Date dissolved9 January 1981 (1981-01-09)
People and organisations
President of the RepublicAntónio Ramalho Eanes
Prime MinisterFrancisco Sá Carneiro
Vice Prime MinisterDiogo Freitas do Amaral
Member parties
Status in legislatureMajority coalition government
Opposition parties
History
Elections1979 Portuguese legislative election
(2 December 1979)
1980 Portuguese legislative election
(5 October 1980)
PredecessorV Constitutional Government of Portugal
SuccessorVII Constitutional Government of Portugal

The VI Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: VI Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the sixth government of the Third Portuguese Republic, in office from 3 January 1980 to 9 January 1981. It was formed by a centre-right coalition between the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Democratic and Social Center (CDS) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), which ran together in the 1979 and 1980 legislative elections as the Democratic Alliance (AD). Francisco Sá Carneiro, leader of the PSD, was the Prime Minister, and Diogo Freitas do Amaral, leader of the CDS, was Vice Prime Minister.

On 4 December 1980, Sá Carneiro and the Minister of National Defense Adelino Amaro da Costa were killed in an air crash in Camarate, shortly after the plane carrying them took off from the Lisbon Airport. Following the disaster, Freitas do Amaral acted as interim Prime Minister until the dissolution of the government on 9 January 1981.

Composition

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The government was composed of the Prime Minister, one Deputy Prime Minister, and 14 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and sub-secretaries of state. The government also included the Ministers of the Republic for the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira.[1]

Ministers of the VI Constitutional Government of Portugal[2]
Office Minister Party Start of term End of term
Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro PSD 3 January 1980 4 December 1980
Diogo Freitas do Amaral (interim) CDS 4 December 1980 9 January 1981
Deputy Prime Minister

(Vice-Primeiro-Ministro)

Diogo Freitas do Amaral CDS 3 January 1980 4 December 1980
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister

(Ministro Adjunto do Primeiro Ministro)

Francisco Pinto Balsemão PSD 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Foreign Affairs Diogo Freitas do Amaral CDS 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of National Defence Adelino Amaro da Costa CDS 3 January 1980 4 December 1980
Minister of Internal Administration Eurico de Melo PSD 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Justice Mário Raposo PSD 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Finance and Planning Aníbal Cavaco Silva PSD 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Education and Science Vítor Crespo PSD 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Labour Eusébio Marques de Carvalho Independent 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Social Affairs João Morais Leitão CDS 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries António Cardoso e Cunha PSD 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Commerce and Tourism Basílio Horta CDS 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Industry and Energy Álvaro Barreto PSD 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Housing and Public Works João Porto CDS 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of Transports and Communications José Carlos Viana Baptista PSD 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta Independent 3 January 1980 9 January 1981
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira Lino Miguel Independent 3 January 1980 9 January 1981

References

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  1. ^ "Lei Orgânica do VI Governo Constitucional". Diário da República (in Portuguese). Vol. 32/80. Portugal: Conselho de Ministros. 7 February 1980.
  2. ^ "VI Governo Constitucional - 1980-1981 - Composição". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.