Soares II cabinet

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Prime Minister Mário Soares

As Cabinet Soares II , the second is constitutional Portuguese government after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 under Prime Minister Mario Soares referred, in Portugal's government also II Governo Constitucional de Portugal to German II. Constitutional government of Portugal .

The first government under Mário Soares had put the vote of confidence in the Assembleia da República on December 7, 1977 due to a high inflation rate of almost 27 percent and an equally high national deficit , all opposition parties - a minority government ruled - voted against, so negotiations on a new one Government were needed. President Eanes continued to favor Mário Soares as Prime Minister, so that he continued to hold the government mandate.

After numerous talks with the parties capable of forming a coalition, the PSD and CDS, the socialist party and the right-wing conservative CDS agreed to form a new government. The CDS was then to receive three ministerial posts, and the government's goals were to be slightly changed, and Mário Soares remained Prime Minister. The government was sworn in on January 23, 1978, and ruled until August 29, 1978. The government provided 149 out of 250 members of the Assembleia da República .

composition

Soares II Cabinet - January 23, 1978 to August 29, 1978
Office Surname Political party
prime minister Mario Soares PS
Assistant to the Prime Minister with the rank of Minister Antonio de Almeida Santos PS
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vítor Sá Machado CDS
Ministry of Defense Mário Firmino Miguel PS
Ministry of Internal Administration Alberto Oliveira e Silva
(January 23, 1978-27 February 1978)		 k. A.
Jaime Gama
(February 27, 1978-29 August 1978)		 PS
Ministry of Justice José Santos Pais k. A.
Ministry of Finance Economic Planning Vitor Constâncio PS
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Luís Saia k. A.
Ministry of Industry and Technology Carlos Melância PS
Ministry of Commerce and Tourism Basílio Horta CDS
Ministry of Labor Antonio Maldonado Gonelha PS
Ministry of Education and Culture Mário Sottomayor Cardia PS
Ministry of Social Affairs Antonio Arnault PS
Ministry of Transport and Communications Manuel Ferreira Lima PS
Ministry of Housing and Public Works Antonio Sousa Gomes k. A.
Ministry of Administrative Reforms Rui Pena k. A.