II Constitutional Government of Portugal

II Constitutional Government of Portugal
II Constitutional Government of Portugal
; Cabinet of Portugal
	Prime Minister Mário Soares
Date formed	23 January 1978
Date dissolved	29 August 1978
People and organisations
President of the Republic	António Ramalho Eanes
Prime Minister	Mário Soares
Member parties	Socialist Party (PS); Democratic and Social Center (CDS);
Opposition parties	Democratic People's Party (PPD); Portuguese Communist Party (PCP); Popular Democratic Union (UDP);
History
Predecessor	I Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	III Constitutional Government of Portugal

The II Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: II Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the second government of the Third Portuguese Republic. It had Mário Soares as the Prime Minister and lasted from 23 January 1978 to 29 August 1978.

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister, one Assistant Minister to the 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 II Constitutional Government of Portugal^[2]
Office	Minister			Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		Mário Soares	PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister		António de Almeida Santos	PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of National Defence	Mário Firmino Miguel		Independent	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Finance and Planning		Vitor Constâncio	PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Justice	José Santos Pais		Independent	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of the Internal Administration	Alberto Oliveira e Silva		PS	23 January 1978	27 February 1978
Minister of the Internal Administration		Jaime Gama	PS	27 February 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Victor Sá Machado		CDS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Administrative Reform	Rui Pena		CDS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Luís Saias		PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Industry and Technology	Carlos Melancia		PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Basílio Horta		CDS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Labour	António Maldonado Gonelha		PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Education and Culture	Mário Sottomayor Cardia		PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Social Affairs		António Arnaut	PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Transports and Communications	Manuel Ferreira Lima		PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of Housing and Public Works	António Sousa Gomes		PS	23 January 1978	29 August 1978

Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores	Octávio Galvão de Figueiredo		Independent	23 January 1978	29 August 1978
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira	Lino Miguel		Independent	23 January 1978	29 August 1978

References

^ "Lei Orgânica do II Governo Constitucional". Diário da República. nº: 55/78 (in Portuguese). Portugal. 7 March 1978.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "II Governo Constitucional - 1978 - Composição". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[1] "Lei Orgânica do II Governo Constitucional". Diário da República. nº: 55/78 (in Portuguese). Portugal. 7 March 1978.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:0-2] "II Governo Constitucional - 1978 - Composição". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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