II Constitutional Government of Portugal
{{Short description|Cabinet of Portugal in 1978, led by Mário Soares}}
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| jurisdiction = Portugal
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| caption = Prime Minister Mário Soares
| date_formed = {{start date|1978|1|23|df=yes}}
| date_dissolved = {{end date|1978|8|29|df=yes}}
| government_head = Mário Soares
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| state_head = António Ramalho Eanes
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| previous = I Constitutional Government of Portugal
| successor = III Constitutional Government of Portugal
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The II Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: II Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the second government of the Third Portuguese Republic. It had Mário Soares as the Prime Minister and lasted from 23 January 1978 to 29 August 1978.
Composition
The government was composed of the Prime Minister, one Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, and 14 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and sub-secretaries of state. The government also included the Ministers of the Republic for the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira.{{Cite book |title=Diário da República | publisher = Conselho de Ministros | volume = 55/78 | location=Portugal |publication-date=7 March 1978 |language=Portuguese |chapter=Lei Orgânica do II Governo Constitucional |chapter-url=https://www.historico.portugal.gov.pt/pt/o-governo/arquivo-historico/governos-constitucionais/gc02/lei-organica/lei-organica-ii-governo-constitucional.aspx }}
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|+Ministers of the II Constitutional Government of Portugal{{Cite web |title=II Governo Constitucional - 1978 - Composição |url=https://www.historico.portugal.gov.pt/pt/o-governo/arquivo-historico/governos-constitucionais/gc02/composicao.aspx |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=portugal.gov.pt |language=Portuguese}} !Office ! colspan="2" |Minister ! colspan="2" |Party !Start of term !End of term |
| Prime Minister
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of National Defence
| colspan="2" |Mário Firmino Miguel | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}" width="2px" | |Independent |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Finance and Planning
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Justice
| colspan="2" |José Santos Pais | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}" width="2px" | |Independent |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| rowspan="2" |Minister of the Internal Administration
| colspan="2" |Alberto Oliveira e Silva | style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |27 February 1978 |
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| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |27 February 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| colspan="2" |Victor Sá Machado | style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}" width="2px" | |CDS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Administrative Reform
| colspan="2" |Rui Pena | style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}" width="2px" | |CDS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
| colspan="2" |Luís Saias | style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Industry and Technology
| colspan="2" |Carlos Melancia | style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Commerce and Tourism
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}" width="2px" | |CDS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Labour
| colspan="2" |António Maldonado Gonelha | style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Education and Culture
| colspan="2" |Mário Sottomayor Cardia | style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Social Affairs
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Transports and Communications
| colspan="2" |Manuel Ferreira Lima | style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of Housing and Public Works
| colspan="2" |António Sousa Gomes | style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width="2px" | |PS |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
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| Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores
| colspan="2" |Octávio Galvão de Figueiredo | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}" width="2px" | |Independent |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
| Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira
| colspan="2" |Lino Miguel | style="background:{{party color|Independent}}" width="2px" | |Independent |23 January 1978 |29 August 1978 |
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2nd Constitutional Government of Portugal}}
Category:1978 establishments in Portugal
Category:Cabinets established in 1978
Category:1978 disestablishments in Portugal
Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1978
Category:Constitutional Governments of Portugal
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