Soares I cabinet

Prime Minister Mário Soares

As Cabinet Soares I first constitutional freely chosen is Portuguese government after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 under Prime Minister Mario Soares referred, in Portugal, the government also means I Governo Constitucional de Portugal to German I. constitutional government of Portugal . The Portuguese Socialist Party had on April 25, 1976, exactly two years after the revolution, won with 34.9 percent of the first parliamentary elections in Portugal and thus was awarded the government contract . The top candidate of the Socialist Party, Mário Soares, was elected Prime Minister by the Assembleia da República on July 23, and his government was in office until January 23, 1978. Since the Socialist Party only had 107 of the 250 members of parliament, Soares chose the form of a minority government .

Under the government of Mário Soares, the first presidential elections took place in Portugal on November 12, 1976, with António Ramalho Eanes , an officer of the Movimento das Forças Armadas (MFA) , winning . In addition, the first Portuguese municipal elections took place. The Soares government prepared the first steps for admission to the European Community , and Portugal joined the Council of Europe on September 22, 1976 .

composition

Soares I cabinet - July 23, 1976 to January 23, 1978

Office	Surname	Political party
prime minister	Mario Soares	PS
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	José Medeiros Ferreira (July 23, 1976– October 12, 1977)	k. A.
	Mário Soares (October 12, 1977– January 23, 1978)	PS
Assistant to the Prime Minister with the rank of Minister	Henrique de Barros	n / a
Ministry of Defense	Mário Firmino Miguel	n / a
Ministry of Economic Planning and Development	Antonio Sousa Gomes	n / a
Ministry of Internal Administration	Manuel da Costa Brás	n / a
Ministry of Justice	Antonio de Almeida Santos	n / a
Ministry of Finance	Henrique Medina Carreira	n / a
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	António Lopes Cardoso (July 23, 1976– November 5, 1976)	k. A.
	António Barreto (November 5, 1976– January 23, 1978)	k. A.
Ministry of Industry and Technology	Walter Rosa (July 23, 1976– January 7, 1977)	k. A.
	António Sousa Gomes (January 7, 1977– March 25, 1977)	k. A.
	Alfredo Nobre da Costa (March 25, 1977– January 23, 1978)	k. A.
Ministry of Commerce and Tourism	António Barreto (July 23, 1976– March 25, 1977)	k. A.
	Carlos Mota Pinto (March 25, 1977– January 23, 1978)	Psd
Ministry of Labor	Francisco Marcelo Curto (July 23, 1976– March 25, 1977)	k. A.
	António Maldonado Gonelha (March 25, 1977– January 23, 1978)	k. A.
Ministry of Education and Research	Mário Sottomayor Cardia	PS
Ministry of Social Affairs	Armando Bacelar	n / a
Ministry of Transport and Communications	Emilio Rui Vilar	n / a
Ministry of Housing and Building	Eduardo Pereira	n / a
Ministry of Public Works	João Almeida Pina	n / a