XIV Constitutional Government of Portugal

XIV Constitutional Government of Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister António Guterres
Date formed	25 October 1999 (1999-10-25)
Date dissolved	6 April 2002 (2002-04-06)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	Jorge Sampaio
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Member party	Socialist Party (PS)
Status in legislature	Minority government
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party (PSD) CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Left Bloc (BE) Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV)
History
Elections	1999 Portuguese legislative election (10 October 1999)
Predecessor	XIII Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	XV Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XIV Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XIV Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 14th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, under the Portuguese Constitution of 1976. The government was in office from 25 October 1999 to 6 April 2002 and was formed by members of the Socialist Party (PS), the party with the most votes and elected members for the Assembly of the Republic following the 1999 legislative election. António Guterres, leader of the PS, served as Prime Minister.

The government was initially composed of the Prime Minister and 21 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and under-secretaries of state. At the end of the term, the number of ministries was 20.^[1]

Ministers of the XIV Constitutional Government of Portugal^[2]

Office	Minister		Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		António Guterres		PS	25 October 1999	6 April 2002
Minister(s) of State		Jaime Gama		PS	25 October 1999	25 October 2002
	Jorge Coelho			PS	10 September 2000	10 March 2001
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Jaime Gama		PS	25 October 1999	6 April 2002
Minister of Presidency	Jorge Coelho			PS	25 October 1999	14 September 2000
		Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins		Independent	14 September 2000	6 April 2002
Minister of Social Infrastructure	Jorge Coelho			PS	25 October 1999	10 March 2001
		Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues		PS	10 March 2001	23 January 2002
		José Sócrates		PS	23 January 2002	6 April 2002
Minister of National Defense		Júlio Castro Caldas		Independent	25 October 1999	3 July 2001
	Rui Pena			Independent	3 July 2001	6 April 2002
Deputy Minister	Fernando Gomes			PS	25 October 1999	14 September 2000
Minister of Internal Administration	Fernando Gomes			PS	25 October 1999	14 September 2000
		Nuno Severiano Teixeira		Independent	14 September 2000	6 April 2002
Minister of Finance		Joaquim Pina Moura		Independent	25 October 1999	3 July 2001
		Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins		Independent	3 July 2001	6 April 2002
Minister of Economy		Joaquim Pina Moura		Independent	25 October 1999	14 September 2000
	Mário Cristina de Sousa			Independent	14 September 2000	3 July 2001
	Luís Braga da Cruz			PS	3 July 2001	6 April 2002
Minister of Labour and Solidarity		Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues		PS	25 October 1999	10 March 2001
	Paulo Pedroso			PS	10 March 2001	6 April 2002
Minister of Justice		António Costa		PS	25 October 1999	6 April 2002
Minister of Planning		Elisa Ferreira		Independent	25 October 1999	6 April 2002
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries		Luís Capoulas Santos		PS	25 October 1999	6 April 2002
Minister of Education		Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins		Independent	25 October 1999	14 September 2000
		Augusto Santos Silva		PS	14 September 2000	3 July 2001
	Júlio Pedrosa			Independent	3 July 2001	6 April 2002
Minister of Health	Manuela Arcanjo			PS	25 October 1999	3 July 2001
	António Correia de Campos			PS	3 July 2001	6 April 2002
Minister of the Environment and Territorial Planning		José Sócrates		PS	25 October 1999	6 April 2002
Minister of Culture	Manuel Maria Carrilho			PS	25 October 1999	12 July 2000
	José Sasportes			Independent	12 July 2000	3 July 2001
		Augusto Santos Silva		PS	3 July 2001	6 April 2002
Minister of Science and Technology		Mariano Gago		Independent	25 October 1999	6 April 2002
Minister of State Reform and Public Administration	Alberto Martins			PS	25 October 1999	6 April 2002
Minister for Equality		Maria de Belém Roseira		PS	25 October 1999	14 September 2000
Minister of Youth and Sports	Armando Vara			PS	14 September 2000	18 December 2000
		José Lello		PS	18 December 2000	6 April 2002
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister (Ministro Adjunto do Primeiro-Ministro)	Armando Vara			PS	25 October 1999	14 September 2000
		António José Seguro		PS	3 July 2001	6 April 2002