Prime Minister (Portugal)

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Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic
Coat of arms of Portugal
Coat of arms of Portugal
Standard of the Prime Minister
Standard of the Prime Minister
António Costa, 2014
Acting Prime Minister
António Costa
since November 25, 2015
Official seat Residência Oficial do
Primeiro-Ministro
Term of office 4 years (re-election possible)
Creation of office September 24, 1834
Last choice 4th October 2015
Salutation his Excellency
website www.portugal.gov.pt

The Primeiro-ministro , in German Prime Minister or Prime Minister , is the official title of the head of government of the Portuguese government . As the head of the state executive, the prime minister coordinates the government cabinet with his ministers, represents the government vis-à-vis the other state bodies , reports to the Portuguese parliament, the Assembleia da República , and informs the president . If necessary, the Prime Minister can also hold other functions within the cabinet in addition to the office himself. Because of his prominent position, the prime minister is a very visible person in public.

In principle, there is no limit to the number of mandates that the Prime Minister can fill. This is appointed by the President, usually after parliamentary elections and taking into account the election results and after a hearing of the parties represented. Usually the nominee is the chairman of the party that wins the election.

The name Primeiro-ministro has only officially existed since the introduction of the last Portuguese constitution in 1976 . With this constitution, which was passed after the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1974, the Portuguese state received a democratic form of rule after the long dictatorship under Salazar. Basically, however, it can be said that the office of prime minister itself is relatively old, since an imperial chancellor was already responsible for the monarch under the Portuguese kings.

The Prime Minister officially resides in the Prime Minister's residence ( Residência Oficial do Primeiro-Ministro ), which is located directly at the Palácio de São Bento , the building of the Portuguese Parliament. For this reason the residence is often incorrectly called Palácio de São Bento . Very few prime ministers moved their real residence to the building, but kept their previous private one.

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