Miguel A. Lopes / Lusa
Luís Montenegro during the government’s inauguration
Changes in the executive do not include replacement of any minister and do not move with the Ministries of Health and Internal Affairs.
The Prime Minister proposed to the President of the Republic to Substitution of six secretaries of stateincluding Hernani Dias, whose dismissal had been announced on January 28.
In addition to the former Secretary of State for local administration and the territory, Luís Montenegro also proposed Substitution of the Secretaries of State for Administration and Educational Innovation, Social Security, Energy, Assistant and Equality and Culture.
“The President of the Republic has agreed to the Prime Minister’s proposal regarding changes in the government’s composition,” says one released on the Presidency page.
MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA informs that it gave its agreement To the Prime Minister’s proposal, who, in turn, expressed in a statement issued by his office “public recognition and gratitude to the secretaries of state”.
“They were unacceptable in the dedication and commitment in the realization of the government program. Many thanks to everyone, ”says Luís Montenegro.
As a new secretary of state of local administration and territory planning is appointed Silvério Regalado, Substituting Hernani Dias, dismissed on January 29, after being reported by RTP that created two real estate companies while ruler, responsible for the newly published decree that alters the legal regime of territorial management instruments, the controversial law of soils .
Of the State Secretariat of Administration and Educational Innovation (MECI) is dismissal Pedro Cunha and named Maria Luísa Oliveira. Of the State Secretariat of Social Security, is EXONERARY JORGE CAMPINO AND NAMED FILIPA LIMA.
Was also dismissed as Secretary of State for Energy Maria João Pereira and appointed Jean Barrocawhile the Deputy Secretariat of State and Equality was Carla Mouro and named Carla Rodrigues.
Finally, as Secretary of State for Culture Dismissed Maria de Lurdes Craveiro and appointed Alberto Santos.
The inauguration of the new government members will take place at the Belém Palace at 5:30 pm Thursday.
Silvério Regalado, who now joins the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion, was currently deputy of the PSD and was mayor of Vagos.
Maria Luísa Oliveira was the Director-General of School Administration at the Ministry of Education, Innovation and Science and now enters the Secretary of State for the same organism.
The new Secretary of State of the Ministry of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security, Filipa Lima, is a doctorate in Economics and Deputy Director of the Banco de Portugal Department of Information Systems and Technologies.
For the Ministry of Environment and Energy, enters Jean Barroca, Master in Business Management and former consultant at the World Bank.
Carla Rodrigues, who joins the Ministry of Youth and Modernization, was the deputy of the PSD, is president of the National Council of Medically Assisted Procreation and coordinated a working group on combating domestic violence.
For the Ministry of Culture, Alberto Santos, chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Romanesque Route, Cultural Commissioner of the “Written” Literary Festival since 2014 and former Mayor of Penafiel.
All these changes in the executive do not include replacement of any minister and do not move with the Ministries of Health and Internal Affairs, considered the most “hot”, the most criticized.
The accumulation of health problems has originated requests for resignation by Minister Ana Paula Martins. Margarida Blasco, Minister of Internal Affairs, has been targeted by police strike or allegations on increasing crimes and vandalism.
