Santana Lopes Cabinet
The 16th constitutional Portuguese government after the Carnation Revolution of 1974 under Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes is called the Cabinet of Santa Lopes , in Portugal also XVI Governo Constitucional de Portugal , in German XVI. called the constitutional government of Portugal.
Government with no choice
After the European Council agreed on José Manuel Barroso as the new President of the EU Commission on June 29, 2004 and he therefore resigned from his post as Prime Minister, President Jorge Sampaio nominated the former mayor on July 12, in coordination with his predecessor Barroso of the port city of Figueira da Foz, Pedro Santana Lopes , as the new Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic. This step by the president was particularly criticized by the left parties as well as the unions and the media in Portugal. The appointment of Barroso plunged the previous government into a deep crisis.
Santana Lopes was elected and sworn in on July 17, 2004 by the parliamentary majority of the PSD and CDS-PP parliamentary groups. President Sampaio also swore in Ministers Barreto , Portas and Morais Sarmento as Minister of State. Santana Lopes created a total of 17 ministries, of which 13 nominated ministers from the PSD and four from the CDS-PP coalition party . Four of the ministers were already active in the previous government.
Government program
Santana Lopes saw the main task of his government in continuing the steps already taken by the previous government and, above all, reducing Portugal's budget deficit and rehabilitating the Portuguese economy. Furthermore, he promised the construction of ten new hospitals and the fight against overcrowded medical practices, as well as the continuation of the decentralization of the state administration and the modernization of the Portuguese armed forces and the judiciary. He also held out the prospect of a referendum on the EU constitution . He did not question the deployment of the Guarda Nacional Republicana in Iraq. After the program was presented in the Assembleia da República , each individual opposition party brought in a vote of no confidence, and the government majority voted in favor of the program. The Portuguese business associations criticized the government as "uncreative" and lacked ambition.
Reign
The reign of Santana Lopes was characterized by crises between the two coalition parties, so that in November of the same year President Jorge Sampaio decided to announce new elections for March 2005. Under pressure from the president, Santana Lopes submitted the resignation of his government, but remained in office until the election. Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes ruled for a total of 238 days. In the new elections on February 20, 2005 , José Sócrates replaced the center-right coalition with an absolute majority of the Partido Socialista .
composition
| Office | Surname | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| prime minister | Pedro Santana Lopes | Psd |
| Ministry of Economy and Labor | Álvaro Barreto | Psd |
| Ministry of National Defense | Paulo Portas | CDS-PP |
| Ministry of Presidential Affairs | Nuno Morais Sarmento | Psd |
| Ministry of Finance and Public Administration | António Bagão Félix | CDS-PP |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Portuguese Communities | António Vítor Martins Monteiro | Psd |
| Ministry of the Interior | Daniel Sanches | Psd |
| Ministry of Justice | José Pedro Aguiar-Branco | Psd |
| Ministry of Housing, Cities and Local Development and Administration | José Luís Arnaut | Psd |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Carlos da Costa Neves | Psd |
| Ministry of Education | Maria do Carmo Seabra | Psd |
| Ministry of Health | Luís Filipe Pereira | Psd |
| Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education | Maria da Graça Carvalho | Psd |
| Ministry of Culture | Maria João Bustorff | Psd |
| Ministry of Social Security, Family and Children | Fernando Negrao | Psd |
| Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications | Antonio Mexia | Psd |
| Ministry of the Environment and Property Management | Luís Nobre Guedes | CDS-PP |
| Ministry of Tourism | Telmo Correia | CDS-PP |
| Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs | Rui Gomes da Silva | Psd |
| Nuno Morais Sarmento (from November 24, 2004) | ||
| Assistant to the Prime Minister with the rank of Minister | Henrique Chaves (until November 24, 2004) | Psd |
| Rui Gomes da Silva (from November 24, 2004) | Psd | |
| Ministry of Youth, Sports and Rehabilitation | Henrique Chaves (from November 24, 2004 to December 2, 2004) | Psd |
| vacant (from December 2, 2004) |
Web links
- Program of the 16th Portuguese government under Santa Lopes (PDF, 64 kB) (Portuguese)
- Information on the Santana Lopes cabinet on the Portuguese government portal portugal.gov.pt (Portuguese, partly English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presidente da República indigita Santana Lopes como novo primeiro-ministro ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , [President of the Republic proposes Santana Lopes as the new Prime Minister], Público , July 12, 2004
- ^ Sophie Seyfert: Government crisis in Portugal ( memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) , Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, July 8, 2004
- ↑ Santana Lopes reconduz quatro ministros do anterior Governo ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , [Santa Lopes brings back four ministers from the previous government], Público , July 16, 2004
- ↑ Santana Lopes aposta na continuidade e na consolidação orçamental ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , [Santana Lopes relies on continuity and budgetary consolidation], Público , July 27, 2005
- ↑ Jorge Cabaço Associações Empresariais acusam Governo de "falta de ambição" ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , [Business associations accuse the government of lack of ambition], RegiãoSul.pt, July 30, 2004
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