XV Constitutional Government of Portugal

XV Constitutional Government of Portugal
XV Constitutional Government of Portugal
José Manuel Durão Barroso
Member parties	Social Democratic Party (PSD); CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP);
Status in legislature	Majority coalition government
Opposition parties	Socialist Party (PS); Portuguese Communist Party (PCP); Left Bloc (BE); Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV);
History
Election(s)	2002 Portuguese legislative election ; (17 March 2002)
Predecessor	XIV Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	XVI Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XV Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XV Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 15th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, under the Portuguese Constitution of 1976. The government was in office from 6 April 2002 to 17 July 2004 and was formed by a centre-right coalition between the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP). José Manuel Durão Barroso, leader of the PSD, served as Prime Minister.

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister and 17 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and under-secretaries of state.^[1]

Ministers of the XV Constitutional Government of Portugal^[2]
Office	Minister			Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		José Manuel Durão Barroso	PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of State and Finances		Manuela Ferreira Leite	PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of State and National Defense		Paulo Portas	CDS–PP	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities	António Martins da Cruz		PSD	6 April 2002	9 October 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities	Teresa Patrício de Gouveia		PSD	9 October 2003	17 July 2004
Minister of Internal Administration	António Figueiredo Lopes		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Justice	Celeste Cardona		CDS–PP	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Presidency	Nuno Morais Sarmento		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		Luís Marques Mendes	PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister (Ministro Adjunto do Primeiro-Ministro)	José Luís Arnaut		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Economy	Carlos Tavares		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries	Armando Sevinate Pinto		Independent	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Education	David Justino		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Science and Higher Education	Pedro Lynce		PSD	6 April 2002	6 October 2003
Minister of Science and Higher Education		Graça Carvalho	PSD	6 October 2003	17 July 2004
Minister of Culture	Pedro Roseta		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Health	Luís Filipe Pereira		PSD	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Social Security and Labour		António Bagão Félix	Independent	6 April 2002	17 July 2004
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Housing	Luís Valente de Oliveira		PSD	6 April 2002	5 April 2003
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Housing		António Carmona Rodrigues	Independent	5 April 2003	17 July 2004
Minister of Cities, Territorial Planning and Environment	Isaltino Morais		PSD	6 April 2002	5 April 2003
	Amílcar Theias		PSD	5 April 2003	12 July 2004
	Arlindo da Cunha		PSD	12 July 2004	17 July 2004

References

^ "Decreto-Lei n.º 120/2002" (PDF). Diário da República. N.º: 102, Series I-A, 1st Supplement (in Portuguese). Portugal. 3 May 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "XV Governo Constitucional - 2002-2004 - Composição". historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2023.

[1] "Decreto-Lei n.º 120/2002" (PDF). Diário da República. N.º: 102, Series I-A, 1st Supplement (in Portuguese). Portugal. 3 May 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:0-2] "XV Governo Constitucional - 2002-2004 - Composição". historico.portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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