This week marked not only the return to Parliament, where the president of the Assembly of the Republic and ‘vices’ were elected, but also the revelation and inauguration of the Government.
From Wednesday to this Friday, the Government became official, consisting of 59 members.
On the first day, 16 ministers were sworn in. Today, 43 new Secretaries of State signed in, thus completing the government lineup.
There are details about these new figures that stood out, including a new portfolio, the retention of ministers thought to be leaving, and the merging of departments. But more than the events themselves, who are the new faces governing the country?
The Ministries, the Ministers, and the Secretaries
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister Paulo Rangel
Graduated in Law. University lecturer and lawyer. MEP; Vice-President of the EPP Group; Chairman of the Schengen Scrutiny Group; Permanent Rapporteur of the European Parliament for Bosnia-Herzegovina. Former President of the PSD Parliamentary Group; Adjunct Secretary of State for Justice; Member of the Assembly of the Republic; First President of the European Parliament Delegation for EU-Brazil Relations. Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Paulo Rangel returns as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new Government led by Luís Montenegro, again holding the position of second-in-command in the Democratic Alliance (AD) executive.
Lusa | 17:00 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for European Affairs
Inês Carmelo Rosa Calado Lopes Domingos
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Ana Isabel Marques Xavier
Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities
Emídio Ferreira dos Santos Sousa
José Cesário, the previous executive’s Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities, was not reinstated, with the role now supervised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) and succeeded by Emídio Sousa, the Government announced today.
Lusa | 22:35 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Finance
Joaquim Miranda Sarmento
PhD in Finance. Member of Parliament, President of the PSD Parliamentary Group. University Professor. Former Economic Advisor to President Cavaco Silva. Worked 10 years at the Ministry of Finance and was a Consultant at UTAO. Minister of State and Finance of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Joaquim Miranda Sarmento continues to lead the Ministry of Finance, reassuming his role amid an uncertain and demanding climate where several organizations point to the possibility of Portugal returning to deficits.
Lusa | 16:54 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for Budget and Deputy Minister
José Maria Gonçalves Pereira Brandão de Brito
Secretary of State for Tax Affairs
Cláudia Maria dos Reis Duarte Melo de Carvalho
Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance
João Alexandre da Silva Lopes
Secretary of State for Public Administration
Marisa da Luz Bento Garrido Marques Oliveira
The Ministry of Finance maintains the four Secretariats of State for Budget, Tax Affairs, Treasury and Finance, and Public Administration, as well as the Secretaries of State from the previous government.
Lusa | 22:39 – 05/06/2025
Minister of the Presidency
Minister António Leitão Amaro
PhD in Law. University Professor. Former Secretary of State for Local Administration of the XIX Constitutional Government, Member of the Assembly of the Republic in the XI, XII, XIII, and XVI legislatures, Vice-President of the PSD Parliamentary Group, Marshall Memorial Fellow of the German Marshall Fund (USA), Scholar at The Europeaum (Oxford), Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School (USA), and President of the Municipal Assembly of Tondela. Minister of Presidency of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
The Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, who became the face and spokesperson of the Government and gained prominence with the immigration portfolio, was reinstated in his position in the XXV Constitutional Government.
Lusa | 17:01 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for the Presidency, Deputy Minister and Immigration
Rui Armindo da Costa Freitas
Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Tiago Meneses Moutinho Macieirinha
Secretary of State of the Presidency
João Mário McMillan da Cunha Valle e Azevedo
Minister António Leitão Amaro will now have three Secretaries of State after assuming the communication portfolio that transitioned from another Ministry, and the Immigration role gains a formal designation.
Lusa | 22:52 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Economy and Territorial Cohesion
Minister Manuel Castro Almeida
Graduated in Law. Lawyer. Former Member of Parliament, Mayor of São João da Madeira, and Secretary of State for Regional Development with responsibility for European Funds between 2013 and 2015. Minister Adjunct and for Territorial Cohesion of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Manuel Castro Almeida will continue overseeing the implementation of European funds, now also managing the Economy, left by Pedro Reis, at a time when the response to the US tariff policy is beginning.
Lusa | 17:07 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for the Economy
João Rui da Silva Gomes Ferreira
Secretary of State for Planning and Regional Development
Hélder Manuel Gomes dos Reis
Secretary of State for Local Administration and Territorial Planning
Silvério Rodrigues Regalado
Secretary of State for Tourism, Trade and Services
Pedro Manuel Monteiro Machado
The new Ministry of Economy and Territorial Cohesion combines the Secretaries of State from the two previous departments, except for the Sea, which is no longer part of the new structure, led by Manuel Castro Almeida.
Lusa | 23:01 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of State Reform
Minister Gonçalo Matias
President of the Board and Executive Committee of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation since 2022 and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal. From 2008 to 2014, served as advisor for Legal and Constitutional Affairs to the President’s Civil House and consultant since 2014. Former Director of the Migration Observatory Secretary of State Adjunct and for Administrative Modernization in the XX Government. Member of the National Council for Migrations and Asylum and Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Gonçalo Saraiva Matias, president of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, will be Minister Adjunct and for State Reform, a new portfolio in the XXV Government.
Lusa | 16:20 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for Digitalization
Bernardo Gomes Pereira Correia
Secretary of State for Simplification
Paulo António Magro da Luz
The new Ministry of State Reform will have two Secretariats of State, one dedicated to Digitalization and another to Simplification, led respectively by Bernardo Correia, former Google, and Paulo Magro da Luz, former advisor to Carlos Moedas.
Lusa | 23:18 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Carlos Abreu Amorim
PhD in Law. University lecturer. Former member of Parliament (XII and XIII Legislatures) and vice-president of the PSD Parliamentary Group. Secretary of State Adjunct and for Parliamentary Affairs of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Carlos Abreu Amorim, until now Secretary of State, will be the new Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, replacing Pedro Duarte, who leaves the executive and will run for the Porto City Council.
Lusa | 16:22 – 04/06/2025
Ministry of National Defense
Minister Nuno Melo
Graduated in Law. Lawyer. President of CDS-PP and MEP. Member of the Assembly of the Republic. Minister of National Defense of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
The CDS-PP leader, Nuno Melo, who in the 90s had “the privilege” of pledging allegiance at the Santarém Cavalry Practical School, returns to oversee Defense, after having been a member of parliament and MEP.
Lusa | 17:00 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State Adjunct and for National Defense
Álvaro António Magalhães Ferrão de Castelo Branco
Secretary of State Adjunct for National Defense Policy
Nuno Maria Herculano de Carvalho Pinheiro Torres
Former CDS-PP deputy Álvaro Castello-Branco remains as Secretary of State for Defense and will be joined by lawyer Nuno Pinheiro Torres, in a ministry where academic Ana Isabel Xavier exits.
Lusa | 22:44 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing
Minister Miguel Pinto Luz
Graduated in Engineering with an MBA. President of the Alfredo de Sousa Foundation; Vice-President of Cascais Municipal Council; President of SEDES Lisboa; Vice-President of the Regional Tourism Entity; Administrator of the Paula Rego Foundation; Researcher at the INESC-ID Information Systems Group; guest lecturer at Nova School of Business and Economics and at the Instituto Superior Técnico. Former Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications during the XX Constitutional Government with Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho. Vice-President of the Social Democratic Party. Minister of Infrastructure and Housing of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
The new mandate of Miguel Pinto Luz as leader of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing will prioritize the sale of TAP, the new airport, the TGV, and the response to the housing crisis.
Lusa | 17:14 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for Infrastructure
Hugo Morato Alface do Espírito Santo
Secretary of State for Mobility
Cristina Maria dos Santos Pinto Dias
Secretary of State for Housing
Patrícia Gonçalves Costa de Machado Santos
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing retains three Secretaries of State in the new Government, with Hugo Espírito Santo continuing to handle the portfolio that includes the sale of TAP.
Lusa | 22:33 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Justice
Minister Rita Alarcão Júdice
Graduated in Law. Lawyer. Partner at PLMJ law firm from 2013 to 2023. Executive Committee Member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) Portugal and associate of Women in Real Estate (WIRE Portugal). Minister of Justice of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Lawyer Rita Alarcão Júdice continues as Minister of Justice in the Government led by Luís Montenegro, following a term marked by the escape of five inmates from Vale de Judeus and the end of strikes by judicial staff.
Lusa | 17:10 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State Adjunct and for Justice
Gonçalo Pedro da Cunha Viegas Pires
Secretary of State for Justice
Ana Luísa da Silva Gonçalves Machado
The Inspector-General of Justice Services, Gonçalo Pires, and the Chair of the Board of Instituto de Gestão Financeira e Equipamentos de Justiça, Ana Luísa Machado, are the new Secretaries of State of the Ministry of Justice, announced today by the Government.
Lusa | 23:00 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Internal Administration
Minister Maria Lúcia Amaral
PhD in Law. Full Professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa since 2008. Member of the Constitutional Court from 2007 to 2016 and Vice-President since 2012. Ombudsman since November 2017.
Constitutionalist Maria Lúcia Amaral becomes Minister of Internal Administration after eight years leading the Ombudsman’s Office, which addresses complaints of citizens whose fundamental rights are violated.
Lusa | 17:28 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State Adjunct for Internal Administration
Paulo Jorge Simões Ribeiro
Secretary of State for Internal Administration
Telmo Augusto Gomes de Noronha Correia
Secretary of State for Civil Protection
Rui Alexandre Novo e Rocha
The Ministry of Internal Administration reinstates the Deputy Secretary of State and Internal Administration role, now having three Secretaries of State, according to the list released today.
Lusa | 22:57 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation
Minister Fernando Alexandre
PhD in Economics. Professor at Universidade do Minho and Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council. Former Deputy Minister for Internal Administration in the XIX Government. In 2022, received the UMinho Scientific Merit Award. Minister of Education, Science and Innovation of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Fernando Alexandre returns as the Minister of Education, Science, and Innovation under Luís Montenegro to continue his work after reaching an agreement with teachers on service time recovery.
Lusa | 17:14 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State Adjunct and for Education
Manuel Alexandre Mateus Homem Cristo
Secretary of State for School Administration
Maria Luísa Gaspar do Pranto Lopes de Oliveira
Secretary of State for Science and Innovation
Helena Cristina de Matos Canhão
Secretary of State for Higher Education
Cláudia Sofia Sarrico Ferreira da Silva
The Ministry of Education, Science, and Innovation (MECI) of the XXV Constitutional Government will increase from three to four Secretaries of State with the creation of a new portfolio for Higher Education.
Lusa | 22:47 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Health
Minister Ana Paula Martins
PhD in Pharmacy. University Professor. Former President of the Order of Pharmacists and the Board of the Lisbon North Hospital and University Center. Minister of Health of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Ana Paula Martins continues as Minister of Health after about a year in office marked by difficulties for users accessing the NHS and controversies that led opposition and unions to call for her resignation.
Lusa | 17:09 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for Health
Ana Margarida Pinheiro Povo
Secretary of State for Health Management
Francisco Nuno Rocha Gonçalves
The team of Minister Ana Paula Martins retains Doctor Ana Povo as Secretary of State for Health, with economist Francisco Gonçalves replacing Cristina Vaz Tomé as Secretary of State for Health Management.
Lusa | 22:59 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security
Minister Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho
PhD in Law. Full Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Lisbon. President of APODIT – Portuguese Labor Law Association. Vice-President of the ISLSSL – International Society for Labour and Social Security Law. Consultant to the European Commission on gender equality. Minister of Labor, Solidarity, and Social Security of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho remains at the helm of the Ministry of Labor, Solidarity, and Social Security following a first term marked by Social Security sustainability and the inquiry commission to the Lisbon Holy House of Mercy.
Lusa | 16:57 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for Social Security
Susana Filipa de Moura Lima
Secretary of State for Social Action and Inclusion
Maria Clara Gonçalves Marques Mendes
Secretary of State for Labor
Adriano Rafael Sousa Moreira
The Ministry of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security, led by Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho, retains the same team of three Secretaries of State from the previous Government.
Lusa | 23:19 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho
PhD. MEP and University Professor. Former Minister of Science and Higher Education and Adjunct to the President of the European Commission 2006 to 2009. Minister of Environment and Energy of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Minister of Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, remains in her role in the new government after a year marked by the creation of the Climate Agency and prioritizing water and energy areas.
Lusa | 16:48 – 04/06/2025
Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports
Minister Ana Margarida Balseiro de Sousa Lopes
Graduated in Law. Jurist. Former member of Parliament (2015-2022). Minister of Youth and Modernization of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
Margarida Balseiro Lopes, until now Minister of Youth and Modernization, has been reinstated in the XXV Constitutional Government, now also taking on the portfolios of Culture and Sports.
Lusa | 17:08 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State Adjunct for Youth and Equality
Carla Maria de Pinho Rodrigues
Secretary of State for Culture
Alberto Fernando da Silva Santos
Secretary of State for Sports
Pedro Miguel Pereira Dias
The Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports retains the Secretaries of State from the previous Government, with Alberto Santos in Culture, Carla Rodrigues as Secretary of State Adjunct for Youth and Equality, and Pedro Dias in Sports.
Lusa | 23:06 – 05/06/2025
The Government led by Luís Montenegro retained Pedro Dias as Secretary of State for Sports, according to the list of 43 secretaries delivered today and accepted by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Lusa | 23:15 – 05/06/2025
Ministry of Agriculture and Sea
Minister José Manuel Ferreira Fernandes
Graduated in Engineering. MEP. Former Mayor of Vila Verde. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of the XXIV Constitutional Government.
José Manuel Fernandes, the minister who opposes “relaxations” and is open to vegan diets while enjoying Barrosã beef, resumes his role in Agriculture, keeping a watchful eye on Brussels.
Lusa | 16:53 – 04/06/2025
Secretary of State for Fisheries and the Sea
Salvador Malheiro Ferreira da Silva
Secretary of State for Agriculture
João Manuel Moura Rodrigues
Secretary of State for Forests
Rui Miguel Ladeira Pereira
The Minister of Agriculture chose former mayor Salvador Malheiro as Secretary of State for Fisheries and the Sea, replacing Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, while retaining Rui Ladeira for Forests and João Moura for Agriculture.
Lusa | 23:06 – 05/06/2025
