III Constitutional Government of Portugal

III Constitutional Government of Portugal
III Constitutional Government of Portugal
; Cabinet of Portugal
Date formed	29 August 1978
Date dissolved	22 November 1978
People and organisations
President of the Republic	António Ramalho Eanes
Prime Minister	Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Member parties	None (support from Democratic People's Party (PPD))
Opposition parties	Socialist Party (PS); Democratic and Social Center (CDS); Portuguese Communist Party (PCP); Popular Democratic Union (UDP);
History
Predecessor	II Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	IV Constitutional Government of Portugal

The III Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: III Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the third government of the Third Portuguese Republic. It had Alfredo Nobre da Costa as the Prime Minister and lasted from 29 August 1978 to 22 November 1978.

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister, one Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, and 13 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and sub-secretaries of state. The government also included the Ministers of the Republic for the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira.^[1]

Ministers of the III Constitutional Government of Portugal^[2]
Office	Minister		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister	Alfredo Nobre da Costa	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister	Carlos Costa Freitas	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of National Defence	Mário Firmino Miguel	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Finance and Plan	José da Silva Lopes	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of the Internal Administration	António Gonçalves Ribeiro	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Justice	Mário Raposo	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Carlos Corrêa Gago	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Apolinário Vaz Portugal	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Industry and Technology	Fernando Santos Martins	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Pedro Pires de Miranda	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Labour	António da Costa Leal	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Education and Culture	Carlos Lloyd Braga	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Social Affairs	Acácio Pereira Magro	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Transports and Communications	Amílcar Marques	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of Housing and Public Works	João Almeida Pina	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978

Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores	Octávio Galvão de Figueiredo	Independent	29 August 1978	25 September 1978
	Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta	Independent	25 September 1978	22 November 1978
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira	Lino Miguel	Independent	29 August 1978	22 November 1978

References

^ "Lei Orgânica do III Governo Constitucional". Diário da República. nº: 226/78 (in Portuguese). Portugal. 30 September 1978.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "III Governo Constitucional - 1978 - Composição". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2023.

[1] "Lei Orgânica do III Governo Constitucional". Diário da República. nº: 226/78 (in Portuguese). Portugal. 30 September 1978.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:0-2] "III Governo Constitucional - 1978 - Composição". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2023.

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