XIII Constitutional Government of Portugal

XIII Constitutional Government of Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister António Guterres
Date formed	28 October 1995 (1995-10-28)
Date dissolved	25 October 1999 (1999-10-25)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	Mário Soares Jorge Sampaio
Prime Minister	António Guterres
Member party	Socialist Party (PS)
Status in legislature	Minority government
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party (PSD) CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV)
History
Election(s)	1995 Portuguese legislative election (1 October 1995)
Predecessor	XII Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	XIV Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XIII Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XIII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 13th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, under the Portuguese Constitution of 1976. The government was in office from 28 October 1995 to 25 October 1999 and was formed by members of the Socialist Party (PS), the party with the most votes and elected members for the Assembly of the Republic following the 1995 legislative election. António Guterres, leader of the PS, served as Prime Minister.

Composition

The government was initially composed of the Prime Minister and 18 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and under-secretaries of state. At the end of term, after some reorganizations, the number of ministries was 17.^[1]

The government included the Ministers of the Republic for the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira until 5 October 1997, after which the fourth revision of the Constitution came into effect and these positions were removed from the Council of Ministers.^[2]

Ministers of the XIII Constitutional Government of Portugal^[3]

Office	Minister		Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		António Guterres		PS	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Minister of Presidency		António Vitorino		PS	28 October 1995	25 November 1997
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister (Ministro-Adjunto do Primeiro-Ministro)		José Sócrates		PS	25 November 1997	25 October 1999
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		António Costa		PS	27 November 1997	25 October 1999
Minister of National Defense		António Vitorino		PS	28 October 1995	25 November 1997
	José da Veiga Simão			PS	25 November 1997	29 May 1999
		Jaime Gama		PS	29 May 1999	25 October 1999
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Jaime Gama		PS	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Minister of Finance	António Sousa Franco			Independent	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Minister of Internal Administration	Alberto Costa			PS	28 October 1995	25 November 1997
	Jorge Coelho			PS	25 November 1997	25 October 1999
Minister of Territorial Planning and Administration		João Cravinho		PS	28 October 1995	15 January 1996
Minister of Justice	José Vera Jardim			PS	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Minister of Economy	Daniel Bessa			Independent	28 October 1995	27 March 1996
	Augusto Mateus			Independent	27 March 1996	25 November 1997
		Joaquim Pina Moura		Independent	25 November 1997	25 October 1999
Minister of Social Infrastructure	Henrique Constantino			PS	28 October 1995	27 December 1997
	Francisco Murteira Nabo			PS	27 December 1997	15 January 1996
Minister of Territorial Infrastructure, Planning and Administration		João Cravinho		PS	15 January 1996	25 October 1999
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries	Fernando Gomes da Silva			Independent	28 October 1995	3 October 1998
		Luís Capoulas Santos		PS	3 October 1998	25 October 1999
Minister of Education	Eduardo Marçal Grilo			Independent	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Minister of Health		Maria de Belém Roseira		PS	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Minister for Qualification and Employment		Maria João Rodrigues		PS	28 October 1995	25 November 1997
Minister of Solidarity and Social Security		Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues		PS	28 October 1995	25 November 1997
Minister of Labour and Solidarity		Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues		PS	25 November 1997	25 October 1999
Minister of the Environment		Elisa Ferreira		Independent	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Minister of Culture	Manuel Maria Carrilho			PS	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Minister of Science and Technology		Mariano Gago		Independent	28 October 1995	25 October 1999
Deputy Minister	Jorge Coelho			PS	28 October 1995	25 November 1997
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores	Mário Pinto			PSD	28 October 1995	5 October 1997
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira	Artur Rodrigues Consolado			Independent	28 October 1995	5 October 1997

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