Rulers: Portugal
Ministries, etc.
Foreign Affairs
Ministers
24 Nov 1936 - 4 Feb 1947 António de Oliveira Salazar (b. 1889 - d. 1970)
4 Feb 1947 - 2 Aug 1950 José Caeiro da Mata (2nd time) (b. 1882 - d. 1963)
2 Aug 1950 - 14 Aug 1958 Paulo Cunha (b. 1908 - d. 1986)
26 Dec 1956 - 11 Feb 1957 Marcelo Caetano (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1980)
(acting for Cunha)
29 May 1957 - 27 Jun 1957 Marcelo Caetano (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Cunha)
14 Aug 1958 - 3 May 1961 Marcelo Gonçalves Nunes Duarte
Mathias (b. 1903 - d. 1999)
3 May 1961 - 5 Oct 1969 Alberto Franco Nogueira (b. 1918 - d. 1993)
5 Oct 1969 - 15 Jan 1970 Marcelo Caetano (3rd time) (s.a.)
15 Jan 1970 - 25 Apr 1974 Rui Manuel de Medeiros d'Espiney
Patrício (b. 1932 - d. 2024)
16 May 1974 - 26 Mar 1975 Mário Soares (1st time) (b. 1924 - d. 2017)
26 Mar 1975 - 8 Aug 1975 Ernesto Augusto de Melo Antunes
(1st time) (b. 1933 - d. 1999)
8 Aug 1975 - 19 Sep 1975 Mário João Oliveira Ruivo (b. 1927 - d. 2017)
19 Sep 1975 - 23 Jul 1976 Ernesto Augusto de Melo Antunes
(2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Jul 1976 - 12 Oct 1977 José Medeiros Ferreira (b. 1942 - d. 2014)
12 Oct 1977 - 30 Jan 1978 Mário Soares (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Jan 1978 - 29 Aug 1978 Vítor Sá Machado (b. 1933 - d. 2002)
29 Aug 1978 - 22 Nov 1978 Carlos Jorge Mendes Correia Gago (b. 1934 - d. 2015)
22 Nov 1978 - 3 Jan 1980 João Carlos Lopes Cardoso de
Freitas Cruz (b. 1925 - d. 1984)
3 Jan 1980 - 9 Jan 1981 Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1st time) (b. 1941 - d. 2019)
9 Jan 1981 - 9 Jun 1982 André Gonçalves Pereira (b. 1936 - d. 2019)
9 Jun 1982 - 9 Jun 1983 Vasco Futscher Pereira (b. 1922 - d. 1984)
9 Jun 1983 - 6 Nov 1985 Jaime Gama (1st time) (b. 1947)
6 Nov 1985 - 17 Aug 1987 Pedro Pires de Miranda (b. 1928 - d. 2015)
17 Aug 1987 - 12 Nov 1992 João de Deus Pinheiro (b. 1945)
12 Nov 1992 - 28 Oct 1995 José Manuel Durão Barroso (b. 1956)
28 Oct 1995 - 6 Apr 2002 Jaime Gama (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Apr 2002 - 9 Oct 2003 António Martins da Cruz (b. 1946)
9 Oct 2003 - 17 Jul 2004 Teresa Patrício Gouveia (f) (b. 1946)
17 Jul 2004 - 12 Mar 2005 António Monteiro (b. 1944)
12 Mar 2005 - 3 Jul 2006 Diogo Freitas do Amaral (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Jul 2006 - 21 Jun 2011 Luís Amado (b. 1953)
21 Jun 2011 - 24 Jul 2013 Paulo Portas (b. 1962)
24 Jul 2013 - 26 Nov 2015 Rui Machete (b. 1940)
26 Nov 2015 - 28 Mar 2022 Augusto Santos Silva (b. 1956)
28 Mar 2022 - 30 Mar 2022 António Costa (acting) (b. 1961)
30 Mar 2022 - 2 Apr 2024 João Gomes Cravinho (b. 1964)
2 Apr 2024 - Paulo Rangel (b. 1968)
Defense
Ministers
- War -
6 Sep 1944 - 2 Aug 1950 Fernando dos Santos Costa (b. 1899 - d. 1982)
- Defense -
2 Aug 1950 - 14 Aug 1958 Fernando dos Santos Costa (s.a.)
14 Aug 1958 - 13 Apr 1961 Júlio Carlos Botelho Moniz (b. 1900 - d. 1970)
13 Apr 1961 - 4 Dec 1962 António de Oliveira Salazar (b. 1889 - d. 1970)
4 Dec 1962 - 27 Sep 1968 Manuel Gomes de Araújo (b. 1897 - d. 1982)
27 Sep 1968 - 7 Nov 1973 Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo (b. 1910 - d. 1995)
7 Nov 1973 - 25 Apr 1974 Joaquim Moreira da Silva Cunha (b. 1920 - d. 2014)
16 May 1974 - 30 Sep 1974 Mário Firmino Miguel (1st time) (b. 1932 - d. 1991)
3 Oct 1974 - 24 Feb 1975 Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves (b. 1921 - d. 2005)
3 Oct 1974 - 24 Feb 1975 Vítor Manuel Rodrigues Alves (b. 1935 - d. 2011)
(acting)
24 Feb 1975 - 19 Sep 1975 Silvano Ribeiro (b. 1923)
23 Jul 1976 - 22 Nov 1978 Mário Firmino Miguel (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Nov 1978 - 3 Jan 1980 José Loureiro dos Santos (b. 1936 - d. 2018)
3 Jan 1980 - 4 Dec 1980 Adelino Amaro da Costa (b. 1943 - d. 1980)
9 Jan 1981 - 4 Sep 1981 Luís de Azevedo Coutinho (b. 1928 - d. 2016)
4 Sep 1981 - 9 Jun 1983 Diogo Freitas do Amaral (b. 1941 - d. 2019)
9 Jun 1983 - 15 Feb 1985 Carlos Mota Pinto (b. 1936 - d. 1985)
15 Feb 1985 - 6 Nov 1985 Rui Machete (b. 1940)
6 Nov 1985 - 17 Aug 1987 Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida (b. 1924 - d. 2006)
17 Aug 1987 - 5 Jan 1990 Eurico de Melo (b. 1925 - d. 2012)
5 Jan 1990 - 5 Mar 1990 Carlos Brito (b. 1935)
5 Mar 1990 - 16 Mar 1995 Fernando Nogueira (b. 1950)
16 Mar 1995 - 28 Oct 1995 António Figueiredo Lopes (b. 1936)
28 Oct 1995 - 25 Nov 1997 António Vitorino (b. 1957)
25 Nov 1997 - 29 May 1999 José Veiga Simão (b. 1929 - d. 2014)
29 May 1999 - 25 Oct 1999 Jaime Gama (b. 1947)
25 Oct 1999 - 3 Jul 2001 Júlio Castro Caldas (b. 1943 - d. 2020)
3 Jul 2001 - 6 Apr 2002 Rui Pena (b. 1939 - d. 2018)
6 Apr 2002 - 12 Mar 2005 Paulo Portas (b. 1962)
12 Mar 2005 - 3 Jul 2006 Luís Amado (b. 1953)
3 Jul 2006 - 26 Oct 2009 Nuno Severiano Teixeira (b. 1957)
26 Oct 2009 - 21 Jun 2011 Augusto Santos Silva (b. 1956)
21 Jun 2011 - 26 Nov 2015 José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (b. 1957)
26 Nov 2015 - 15 Oct 2018 José Alberto Azeredo Lopes (b. 1961)
15 Oct 2018 - 30 Mar 2022 João Gomes Cravinho (b. 1964)
30 Mar 2022 - 2 Apr 2024 Helena Carreiras (f) (b. 1965)
2 Apr 2024 - Nuno Melo (b. 1966)
Finance
Ministers
28 Aug 1940 - 2 Aug 1950 João Pinto da Costa Leite (b. 1905 - d. 1975)
2 Aug 1950 - 8 Jul 1955 Artur Águedo de Oliveira (b. 1894 - d. 1978)
8 Jul 1955 - 14 Jun 1965 António Manuel Pinto Barbosa (b. 1917 - d. 2006)
14 Jun 1965 - 19 Aug 1968 Ulisses Cruz de Aguiar Cortês (b. 1900 - d. 1975)
19 Aug 1968 - 11 Aug 1972 João Augusto Dias Rosas (b. 1921)
11 Aug 1972 - 25 Apr 1974 Manuel Artur Cotta Agostinho Dias (b. 1929)
16 May 1974 - 17 Jul 1974 Vasco Vieira de Almeida (b. 1932)
17 Jul 1974 - 26 Mar 1975 José da Silva Lopes (1st time) (b. 1932 - d. 2015)
26 Mar 1975 - 19 Sep 1975 José Joaquim Fragoso (b. 1928)
19 Sep 1975 - 23 Jul 1976 Francisco Salgado Zenha (b. 1923 - d. 1993)
23 Jul 1976 - 30 Jan 1978 Henrique Medina Carreira (b. 1931 - d. 2017)
30 Jan 1978 - 29 Aug 1978 Vítor Constâncio (b. 1943)
29 Aug 1978 - 22 Nov 1978 José da Silva Lopes (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Nov 1978 - 1 Aug 1979 Manuel Jacinto Nunes (b. 1926 - d. 2014)
1 Aug 1979 - 3 Jan 1980 António Sousa Franco (1st time) (b. 1942 - d. 2004)
3 Jan 1980 - 9 Jan 1981 Aníbal Cavaco Silva (b. 1939)
9 Jan 1981 - 4 Sep 1981 José Morais Leitão (b. 1938 - d. 2006)
4 Sep 1981 - 9 Jun 1983 João Salgueiro (b. 1934 - d. 2023)
9 Jun 1983 - 6 Nov 1985 Ernâni Lopes (b. 1942 - d. 2010)
6 Nov 1985 - 5 Jan 1990 Miguel Ribeiro Cadilhe (b. 1944)
5 Jan 1990 - 31 Oct 1991 Miguel Beleza (b. 1950)
31 Oct 1991 - 7 Dec 1993 Jorge Braga de Macedo (b. 1946)
7 Dec 1993 - 28 Oct 1995 Eduardo Catroga (b. 1942)
28 Oct 1995 - 25 Oct 1999 António Sousa Franco (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Oct 1999 - 3 Jul 2001 Joaquim Pina Moura (b. 1952 - d. 2020)
3 Jul 2001 - 6 Apr 2002 Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins (b. 1952)
6 Apr 2002 - 17 Jul 2004 Manuela Ferreira Leite (f) (b. 1940)
17 Jul 2004 - 12 Mar 2005 António Bagão Félix (b. 1948)
12 Mar 2005 - 21 Jul 2005 Luís Campos e Cunha (b. 1954)
21 Jul 2005 - 21 Jun 2011 Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (b. 1951)
21 Jun 2011 - 2 Jul 2013 Vítor Gaspar (b. 1960)
2 Jul 2013 - 26 Nov 2015 Maria Luís Albuquerque (f) (b. 1967)
26 Nov 2015 - 15 Jun 2020 Mário Centeno (b. 1966)
15 Jun 2020 - 30 Mar 2022 João Leão (b. 1974)
30 Mar 2022 - 2 Apr 2024 Fernando Medina (b. 1973)
2 Apr 2024 - Joaquim Miranda Sarmento (b. 1978)
Interior
Ministers
6 Sep 1944 - 4 Feb 1947 Júlio Carlos Botelho Moniz (b. 1900 - d. 1970)
4 Feb 1947 - 2 Aug 1950 Augusto Cancela de Abreu (b. 1895 - d. 1965)
2 Aug 1950 - 14 Aug 1958 Joaquim Trigo de Negreiros (b. 1900 - d. 1973)
14 Aug 1958 - 27 Nov 1958 José Pires Cardoso (b. 1904 - d. 1990)
27 Nov 1958 - 3 May 1961 Arnaldo Schulz (b. 1910 - d. 1993)
3 May 1961 - 19 Aug 1968 Alfredo Rodrigues dos Santos
Júnior (b. 1901 - d. 1990)
19 Aug 1968 - 7 Nov 1973 António Gonçalves Rapazote (b. 1910 - d. 1985)
7 Nov 1973 - 25 Apr 1974 César Moreira Baptista (b. 1915 - d. 1982)
16 May 1974 - 17 Jul 1974 Joaquim Jorge Magalhães Mota (b. 1935 - d. 2007)
17 Jul 1974 - 26 Mar 1975 Manuel da Costa Braz (1st time) (b. 1934 - d. 2019)
26 Mar 1975 - 8 Aug 1975 António Arnão Metelo (b. 19... - d. 2008)
8 Aug 1975 - 19 Sep 1975 António Cândido de Moura
19 Sep 1975 - 23 Jul 1976 Vasco Almeida e Costa (b. 1932 - d. 2010)
23 Jul 1976 - 30 Jan 1978 Manuel da Costa Braz (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Jan 1978 - 27 Feb 1978 Alberto de Oliveira Silva (b. 1924 - d. 2011)
27 Feb 1978 - 29 Aug 1978 Jaime Gama (b. 1947)
29 Aug 1978 - 1 Aug 1979 António Gonçalves Ribeiro
1 Aug 1979 - 3 Jan 1980 Manuel da Costa Braz (3rd time) (s.a.)
3 Jan 1980 - 9 Jan 1981 Eurico de Melo (1st time) (b. 1925 - d. 2012)
9 Jan 1981 - 4 Sep 1981 Fernando Monteiro do Amaral (b. 1925 - d. 2009)
4 Sep 1981 - 9 Jun 1983 Ângelo Correia (b. 1945)
9 Jun 1983 - 6 Nov 1985 Eduardo Ribeiro Pereira (b. 1927 - d. 2015)
6 Nov 1985 - 17 Aug 1987 Eurico de Melo (2nd time) (s.a.)
17 Aug 1987 - 5 Jan 1990 José Silveira Godinho (b. 1943)
5 Jan 1990 - 31 Oct 1991 Manuel Pereira
31 Oct 1991 - 28 Oct 1995 Manuel Dias Loureiro (b. 1951)
28 Oct 1995 - 25 Nov 1997 Alberto Costa (b. 1947)
25 Nov 1997 - 25 Oct 1999 Jorge Coelho (b. 1954)
25 Oct 1999 - 14 Sep 2000 Fernando Gomes (b. 1946)
14 Sep 2000 - 6 Apr 2002 Nuno Severiano Teixeira (b. 1957)
6 Apr 2002 - 17 Jul 2004 António Figueiredo Lopes (b. 1936)
17 Jul 2004 - 12 Mar 2005 Daniel Sanches (b. 1949)
12 Mar 2005 - 17 May 2007 António Costa (b. 1961)
17 May 2007 - 21 Jun 2011 Rui Pereira (b. 1956)
21 Jun 2011 - 18 Nov 2014 Miguel Macedo (b. 1959)
18 Nov 2014 - 27 Oct 2015 Anabela Rodrigues (f) (b. 1953)
27 Oct 2015 - 26 Nov 2015 João Calvão da Silva (b. 1952 - d. 2018)
26 Nov 2015 - 21 Oct 2017 Constança Urbano de Sousa (f) (b. 1967)
21 Oct 2017 - 4 Dec 2021 Eduardo Cabrita (b. 1961)
4 Dec 2021 - 30 Mar 2022 Francisca Van Dunem (f) (b. 1955)
30 Mar 2022 - 2 Apr 2024 José Luís Carneiro (b. 1971)
2 Apr 2024 - Margarida Blasco (f) (b. 1956)
Justice
Ministers
6 Sep 1944 - 7 Aug 1954 Manuel Cavaleiro de Ferreira (b. 1911 - d. 1992)
14 Aug 1954 - 22 Oct 1967 João de Matos Antunes Varela (b. 1919 - d. 2005)
22 Oct 1967 - 7 Nov 1973 Mário Júlio de Almeida Costa (b. 1927)
7 Nov 1973 - 25 Apr 1974 Antonio Maria de Mendonça Lino
Neto (b. 1913 - d. 1980)
16 May 1974 - 8 Aug 1975 Francisco Salgado Zenha (b. 1923 - d. 1993)
8 Aug 1975 - 19 Sep 1975 Joaquim Pinto da Rocha e Cunha
19 Sep 1975 - 23 Jul 1976 João de Deus Pinheiro Farinha (b. 1919 - d. 1994)
23 Jul 1976 - 30 Jan 1978 António de Almeida Santos (b. 1926 - d. 2016)
30 Jan 1978 - 29 Aug 1978 José Dias dos Santos Pais
29 Aug 1978 - 22 Nov 1978 Mário Raposo (1st time) (b. 1929 - d. 2013)
22 Nov 1978 - 1 Aug 1979 Eduardo Correia (b. 1915 - d. 1991)
1 Aug 1979 - 3 Jan 1980 Pedro de Sousa Macedo
3 Jan 1980 - 9 Jan 1981 Mário Raposo (2nd time) (s.a.)
9 Jan 1981 - 9 Jun 1983 José Menéres Pimentel (b. 1928 - d. 2014)
9 Jun 1983 - 15 Feb 1985 Rui Machete (b. 1940)
15 Feb 1985 - 17 Aug 1987 Mário Raposo (3rd time) (s.a.)
17 Aug 1987 - 5 Mar 1990 Fernando Nogueira (b. 1950)
5 Mar 1990 - 28 Oct 1995 Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio (b. 1941)
28 Oct 1995 - 25 Oct 1999 José Vera Jardim (b. 1939)
25 Oct 1999 - 6 Apr 2002 António Costa (b. 1961)
6 Apr 2002 - 17 Jul 2004 Maria Celeste Cardona (f) (b. 1951)
17 Jul 2004 - 12 Mar 2005 José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (b. 1957)
12 Mar 2005 - 26 Oct 2009 Alberto Costa (b. 1947)
26 Oct 2009 - 21 Jun 2011 Alberto Martins (b. 1945)
21 Jun 2011 - 27 Oct 2015 Paula Teixeira da Cruz (f) (b. 1960)
27 Oct 2015 - 26 Nov 2015 Fernando Negrão (b. 1955)
26 Nov 2015 - 30 Mar 2022 Francisca Van Dunem (f) (b. 1955)
30 Mar 2022 - 2 Apr 2024 Catarina Sarmento e Castro (f) (b. 1970)
2 Apr 2024 - Rita Alarcão Júdice (f) (b. 1973)
Parliament
Constituent Assembly
President
2 Jun 1975 - Jul 1976 Henrique de Barros (b. 1904 - d. 2000)
Assembly of the Republic
Presidents
Jul 1976 - Oct 1978 Vasco da Gama Fernandes (b. 1908 - d. 1991)
Oct 1978 - Jan 1980 Teófilo Carvalho dos Santos (b. 1906 - d. 1986)
Jan 1980 - Oct 1981 Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida
(1st time) (b. 1924 - d. 2006)
Oct 1981 - Nov 1982 Francisco de Oliveira Dias (b. 1930 - d. 2019)
Nov 1982 - Jun 1983 Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Jun 1983 - Oct 1984 Manuel Alfredo Tito de Morais (b. 1910 - d. 1999)
Oct 1984 - Aug 1987 Fernando Monteiro do Amaral (b. 1925 - d. 2009)
Aug 1987 - Nov 1991 Vítor Pereira Crespo (b. 1932 - d. 2014)
Nov 1991 - Nov 1995 António Moreira Barbosa de Melo (b. 1932 - d. 2016)
Nov 1995 - Apr 2002 António de Almeida Santos (b. 1926 - d. 2016)
10 Apr 2002 - 16 Mar 2005 João Bosca Mota Amaral (b. 1943)
16 Mar 2005 - 21 Jun 2011 Jaime Gama (b. 1947)
21 Jun 2011 - 23 Oct 2015 Assunção Esteves (f) (b. 1956)
23 Oct 2015 - 29 Mar 2022 Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (b. 1949)
29 Mar 2022 - 27 Mar 2024 Augusto Santos Silva (b. 1956)
27 Mar 2024 - José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (b. 1957)