XI Constitutional Government of Portugal

XI Constitutional Government of Portugal
XI Constitutional Government of Portugal
; Cabinet of Portugal
	Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Date formed	17 August 1987
Date dissolved	31 October 1991
People and organisations
President of the Republic	Mário Soares
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Vice Prime Minister	Eurico de Melo
Member party	Social Democratic Party (PSD);
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition parties	Socialist Party (PS); Portuguese Communist Party (PCP); Democratic Renewal Party (PNR); Democratic and Social Center (CDS); Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV);
History
Elections	1987 Portuguese legislative election ; (19 July 1987)
Predecessor	X Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	XII Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XI Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XI Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 11th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, in office from 17 August 1987 to 31 October 1991. It was formed by members of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and had Aníbal Cavaco Silva, leader of the PSD, as Prime Minister. It was the first single-party government with an absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic since the Carnation Revolution.

Composition

The government was initially composed of the Prime Minister, one Deputry Prime Minister, and 16 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and under-secretaries of state. On 5 January 1990, the position of Vice Prime Minister was extinguished and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources was created, making a total of 17 ministries. The government also included the Ministers of the Republic for the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira.^[1]

Ministers of the XI Constitutional Government of Portugal^[2]
Office	Minister			Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		Aníbal Cavaco Silva	PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Deputy Prime Minister	Eurico de Melo		PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
Minister of Presidency		Fernando Nogueira	PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of National Defense	Eurico de Melo		PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
	Carlos Brito		PSD	5 January 1990	5 March 1990
		Fernando Nogueira	PSD	5 March 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	António Capucho		PSD	17 August 1987	24 July 1989
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Manuel Dias Loureiro		PSD	24 July 1989	31 October 1991
Minister of Finance	Miguel Cadilhe		PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
Minister of Finance	Miguel Beleza		PSD	5 January 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Plan and Territorial Administration	Luís Valente de Oliveira		PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Internal Administration	José Silveira Godinho		PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
Minister of Internal Administration	Manuel Pereira		PSD	5 January 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Justice		Fernando Nogueira	PSD	5 March 1990	5 March 1990
Minister of Justice	Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio		PSD	5 March 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Foreign Affairs		João de Deus Pinheiro	PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Álvaro Barreto		PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Arlindo da Cunha		PSD	5 January 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Industry and Energy	Luís Mira Amaral		PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Education	Roberto Carneiro		Independent	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Public Works, Transports and Communications	João Maria Oliveira Martins		PSD	17 August 1987	24 April 1990
Minister of Public Works, Transports and Communications	Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral		PSD	24 April 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Health	Leonor Beleza		PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
Minister of Health	Arlindo de Carvalho		PSD	5 January 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Labour and Social Security		José Silva Peneda	PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral		PSD	17 August 1987	24 April 1990
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Fernando Faria de Oliveira		PSD	24 April 1990	31 October 1991
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and of Youth	António Couto dos Santos		PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources	Fernando Real		PSD	5 January 1990	24 April 1991
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources	Carlos Borrego		PSD	24 April 1991	31 October 1991

Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores		Vasco Rocha Vieira	Independent	17 August 1987	18 April 1991
	Mário Pinto		PSD	18 April 1991	31 October 1991
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira	Lino Miguel		Independent	17 August 1987	31 October 1991

References

^ "Lei Orgânica do XI Governo Constitucional". Diário da República (in Portuguese). Vol. 219/87, Series I, 1st Supplement. Portugal: Conselho de Ministros. 23 September 1987.
^ "XI Governo Constitucional - 1987-1991 - Composição". historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[1] "Lei Orgânica do XI Governo Constitucional". Diário da República (in Portuguese). Vol. 219/87, Series I, 1st Supplement. Portugal: Conselho de Ministros. 23 September 1987.

[:0-2] "XI Governo Constitucional - 1987-1991 - Composição". historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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