António Pedro Santos / Lusa
The XXV Constitutional Government will have 16 ministries, less than the previous one. Luís Montenegro maintains thirteen of the 17 ministers of the outgoing executive. Carlos Abreu Amorim, Maria Lúcia Amaral and Gonçalo Saraiva Matias are new names.
Luís Montenegro delivered, this Wednesday, the list of ministers that make up the XXV Constitutional Government.
The new executive will have 16 Ministries (less than the previous one).
“Modernization” was extinguished; and “culture” and “economy” isolated as well. On the other hand, a New Ministry: State Reform.
Margarida Balseiro Lopes (Former Minister of Youth and Modernization) Now she is a guardian ministry called Culture, Youth and Sport.
A Economy It was also merged with the Territorial cohesionin a portfolio led by Manuel Castro Almeida.
The minister Adjunct (which was Castro Almeida) becomes Gonçalo Saraiva Matiaswhich will accumulate the Ministry of State Reform – a new portfolio. Montenegro went to ‘seek him’ to the presidency of the Board of Directors of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation.
Carlos Abreu Amorim It’s another of the new ministers. Replaces Pedro Duarte (who will be a candidate for the Porto Chamber) at the Ministry of Parliamentary affairs. He was, until then, Secretary of Assistant State and Parliamentary Affairs.
The other new face is Maria Lúcia Amaral. The current provider of justice is the new minister of Internal administrationreplacing Margarida Blasco.
Pedro Reis and Dalila Rodrigues of the “extinct” folders of the economy and culture, respectively, They say goodbye to governance.
Otherwise, all the same, in the government led by Luís Montenegro.
Minister of State and Foreign Affairs: Paulo Rangel
Minister of State and Finance: Joaquim Miranda Sarmento
Minister of Presidency: António Leitão Amaro
Minister of National Defense: Nuno Melo
Minister of Infrastructure and Housing: Miguel Pinto Luz
Minister of Justice: Rita Júdice
Minister of Education, Science and Innovation: Fernando Alexandre
Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security: Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho
Minister of Environment and Energy: Maria da Graça Carvalho
Minister of Agriculture and Sea: José Manuel Fernandes
A Health Minister Ana Paula Martins – One of the most contested in the last year and was speculated that it could abandon the executive – will continue.
In term of representativeness, the government. Last year there were ten men and seven women; Now there are ten men and six women.
Government takes office tomorrow
The inauguration of the new government will be this Thursday at 18h00, 18 days after the elections, which constitutes the faster government formation process in the presidential mandates of MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA.
According to a note published in the official website of the Presidency of the Republic on the Internet, “the appointment and inauguration of the Prime Minister and Ministers of the XXV Constitutional Government is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, June 5, at 18h00, at the Ajuda Palace” and “the inauguration of the Secretaries of State for Friday, June 6, at 12:00 pm, at the same place”.
PS governments possessions in 2019 and 2022 occurred, respectively, 20 days and 59 days after the elections, while the outgoing executive PSD/CDS-PP took office 23 days of the 2024 legislatures.
Miguel Esteves, Zap //
