Cabinet of Guterre II

Prime Minister António Guterres

The 14th constitutional, freely elected Portuguese government under Prime Minister António Guterres after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 is referred to as the Guterres II cabinet , in Portugal also called XIV Governo Constitucional de Portugal , in German XIV. Constitutional government of Portugal. The cabinet was in office from October 25, 1999 to April 6, 2002.

General election 1999

After the previous legislative period, in which Prime Minister Guterres had already ruled, ended on schedule, the parliamentary elections took place on October 10, 1999 . In the election, the ruling Partido Socialista (PS) again achieved a relative majority with 44.7 percent or 115 MPs and thus improved slightly compared to 1995 (43.7 percent and 112 MPs). With the election result, however, the PS narrowly missed an absolute majority of at least 113 MPs, from then on it ruled in the form of a minority government . Guterres' swearing in took place on October 25, 1999.

composition

Guterres II Cabinet - October 25, 1999–6. April 2002

Office	Surname	Political party
prime minister	Antonio Guterres	PS
Assistant to the Prime Minister with the rank of Minister	Fernando Gomes (October 25, 1999– September 14, 2000)	PS
	vacant (September 14, 2000– July 3, 2001)
	António José Seguro (July 3, 2001– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Jaime Gama	PS
Ministry of Finance	Joaquim Pina Moura (October 25, 1999– July 3, 2001)	PS
	Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins (July 3, 2001– April 6, 2002)	independent
Ministry of Economy	Joaquim Pina Moura (October 25, 1999– September 14, 2000)	PS
	Mário Cristina de Sousa (September 14, 2000– July 3, 2001)	PS
	Luís Braga de Cruz (July 3, 2001– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Presidential Affairs	Jorge Coelho (October 25, 1999– September 14, 2000)	PS
	Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins (September 14, 2000– April 6, 2002)	independent
Ministry of National Defense	Júlio Castro Caldas (October 25, 1999– July 3, 2001)	PS
	Rui Pena (July 3, 2001– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Internal Administration	Fernando Gomes (October 25, 1999– September 14, 2000)	PS
	Nuno Severiano Teixeira (September 14, 2000– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Justice	Antonio Costa	PS
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries	Luís Capoulas Santos	PS
Ministry of Building	Elisa Ferreira	PS
Ministry of Labor and Social Security	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (October 25, 1999– March 10, 2001)	PS
	Paulo Pedroso (March 10, 2001– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Health	Manuela Arcanjo (October 25, 1999– July 3, 2001)	PS
	António Correia de Campos (July 3, 2001– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Education	Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins (October 25, 1999– July 3, 2001)	independent
	Júlio Pedrosa (July 3, 2001– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education	Mariano Gago	independent
Ministry of Culture	Manuel Maria Carrilho (October 25, 1999– July 12, 2000)	PS
	José Sasportes (September 14, 2000– July 3, 2001)	PS
	Augusto Santos Silva (July 3, 2001– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of the Environment and Property Management	José Sócrates	PS
Ministry of Social Institutions	Jorge Coelho (October 25, 1999– March 10, 2001)	PS
	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (March 10, 2001– January 21, 2002)	PS
	José Sócrates (January 21, 2002– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Youth and Sport	Armando Vara (October 25, 1999– December 18, 2000)	PS
	José Lello (September 14, 2000– April 6, 2002)	PS
Ministry of Public Administration and State Reform	Alberto Martins	PS
Ministry of Equality	Maria de Belém Roseira	PS

Web links

• Information on the Guterres II cabinet on the Portuguese government portal portugal.gov.pt (Portuguese, partly English)