VII Constitutional Government of Portugal

Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Date formed9 January 1981 (1981-01-09)
Date dissolved4 September 1981 (1981-09-04)
People and organisations
President of the RepublicAntónio Ramalho Eanes
Prime MinisterFrancisco Pinto Balsemão
Member parties
Status in legislatureMajority coalition government
Opposition parties
History
PredecessorVI Constitutional Government of Portugal
SuccessorVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal

The VII Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: VII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the seventh government of the Third Portuguese Republic, in office from 9 January 1981 to 4 September 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 1980 legislative election as the Democratic Alliance (AD). Francisco Pinto Balsemão was the Prime Minister.

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister, one Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, and 16 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 VII Constitutional Government of Portugal[2]
Office Minister Party Start of term End of term
Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemão PSD 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister

(Ministro Adjunto do Primeiro Ministro)

 Basílio Horta CDS 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Internal Administration Fernando do Amaral PSD 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of National Defence Luís de Azevedo Coutinho CDS 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Foreign Affairs André Gonçalves Pereira Independent 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Justice José Menéres Pimentel PDS 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Finance and Planning João Morais Leitão CDS 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Education and Science Vítor Pereira Crespo PDS 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Labour Henrique Nascimento Rodrigues PSD 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Social Affairs Carlos Chaves de Macedo PSD 9 January 1981 3 August 1981
Francisco Pinto Balsemão PSD 3 August 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries António Cardoso e Cunha PSD 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Commerce and Tourism Alexandre Vaz Pinto PSD 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Industry and Energy Ricardo Bayão Horta CDS 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Housing and Public Works Luís Barbosa CDS 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Transports and Communications José Carlos Viana Baptista PSD 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of Administrative Reform Eusébio Marques de Carvalho Independent 9 January 1981 4 June 1981
Minister of Quality of Life Augusto Ferreira do Amaral PPM 9 January 1981 4 June 1981
João Vaz Serra de Moura PPM 4 June 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of European Integration Álvaro Barreto PSD 9 January 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta Independent 9 January 1981 28 April 1981
Tomás George da Conceição Silva Independent 28 April 1981 4 September 1981
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira Lino Miguel Independent 9 January 1981 4 September 1981

References

  1. ↑ "Lei Orgânica do VII Governo Constitucional". Diário da República. nº: 217/79 (in Portuguese). Portugal. 12 February 1981.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ "VII Governo Constitucional - 1981 - Composição". historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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