XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal

XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal
XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal
	; Cabinet of Portugal
	António Costa in 2014
Date formed	26 October 2019
People and organisations
President of the Portuguese Republic	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Prime Minister	António Costa (PS)
Prime Minister's history	Former Portuguese Government minister; Former Mayor of Lisbon; Prime Minister of the XXI Constitutional Government; Appointed by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on 8 October 2019
No. of ministers	20 (19 ministers plus the Prime Minister)
Status in legislature	Socialist Party (PS) minority government
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD); Left Bloc (BE); Portuguese Communist Party (PCP); CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP); People–Animals–Nature (PAN); Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV); Enough! (CH); Liberal Initiative (IL); LIVRE (L);
History
Election(s)	Portuguese legislative election, 2019
Predecessor	XXI Constitutional Government

The XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XXII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) is the current cabinet of the Portuguese government; the 22nd since the establishment of the current constitution. It was established on 26 October 2019 as a Socialist Party (PS) minority government led by Prime Minister António Costa.

Composition

Minister	Incumbent
Prime Minister	António Costa	Socialist Party
Minister of State, Economy and Digital Transition	Pedro Siza Vieira	Socialist Party
Minister of State, and of Foreign Affairs	Augusto Santos Silva	Socialist Party
Minister of State, and of the Premiership	Mariana Vieira da Silva	Socialist Party
Minister of State, and of Finance	João Leão	Independent
National Defence	João Gomes Cravinho	Independent
Internal Administration	Eduardo Cabrita	Socialist Party
Justice	Francisca Van Dunem	Independent
Modernisation of the State and Public Administration	Alexandra Leitão	Socialist Party
Planning	Nelson de Souza	Socialist Party
Culture	Graça Fonseca	Socialist Party
Science, Technology and Higher Education	Manuel Heitor	Independent
Education	Tiago Brandão Rodrigues	Independent
Labour, Solidarity and Social Security	Ana Mendes Godinho	Socialist Party
Health	Marta Temido	Independent
Environment and Climate Action	João Pedro Matos Fernandes	Independent
Infrastructure and Housing	Pedro Nuno Santos	Socialist Party
Territorial Cohesion	Ana Abrunhosa	Independent
Agriculture	Maria do Céu Antunes	Socialist Party
Sea	Ricardo Serrão Santos	Socialist Party

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