Prime Minister-designate Luis Montenegro presented this Thursday to the President of the Republic the names of the ministers of the minority government of the PSD and SDS-PP, before taking office next Tuesday at the National Palace of Ajuda.
Paulo Rangel
He currently holds the position of Vice-President of the National Political Commission of the PSD, is a university professor, lawyer and MEP in the European Parliament.
He is also Vice-President of the PPE Parliamentary Group; Chairman of the Schengen control group; Permanent Rapporteur of the European Parliament on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
To these political positions, as of this Thursday, the role Minister of State and Foreign Affairs.
He was president of the SDP parliamentary group; Deputy Secretary of State to the Minister of Justice; Member of the Assembly of the Republic; First President of the European Parliament Delegation for EU-Brazil Relations.
Joaquim Miranda Sarmento
In the last legislature, Luis Montenegro appointed Joaquim Miranda Sarmento as parliamentary leader of the PSD, replacing Rui Rio and facing a bench full of names close to the former president. University professor and economist reinforces the statute and is new Minister of Finance.
He has a doctorate in finance, is a university professor and economic advisor to the President of the Republic, Prof. Cavaco Silva. He worked for 10 years at the Ministry of Finance and was also a consultant at UTAO.
Antonio Leitan Amaro
He holds a Doctor of Laws degree and is also a university professor. He was the first MP elected on 10 March and began sitting on the government benches with Presidential portfolio. The professor and lawyer is the vice-president of the SDP.
He was Secretary of State for Local Administration of the 19th Constitutional Government, Member of the Assembly of the Republic in the 11th, 12th, 13th and 16th Legislative Assemblies, Vice-President of the SDP Parliamentary Group, Marshall Memorial Fellow of the German Marshall Fund (USA), Fellow of Europeaum (Oxford), Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School, Harvard University (USA) and President of the Municipal Assembly of Tondela.
Manuel Castro Almeida
He graduated from the Faculty of Law and is a lawyer, he will Deputy Minister for Territorial Cohesion. Between 2013 and 2015 he was Deputy President of the Municipal Council of São João da Madeira and Secretary of State for Regional Development in charge of European funds.
Pedro Duarte
He was an elected member of the Portuguese Parliament from 1999 to 2011 and Secretary of State for Youth. Pedro Duarte, a law graduate, was the national director of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s first presidential campaign in 2016. In 2024, the Social Democrat will become Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.
He holds a PhD in Development Studies, is a lawyer/manager, and a director at Microsoft Corp; Vice-President of the CIP.
Nuno Melo
The CDS President leaves the European Parliament at the beginning of April and becomes minister of national defense. During the first days of the legislature, he sat in the front row of the Assembly of the Republic as a deputy elected from the Porto district. Nuno Melo’s place will have to be taken by another centrist.
He has a higher education in law and law.
Rita Giudice
Member of the executive committee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Portugal and member of Women in Real Estate (WIRE Portugal), she will become the new Minister of Justice.
She has a law degree, is an attorney, and was a partner at the law firm PLMJ from 2013 to 2023.
Margarida Blasco
Having a higher legal education, a judge-counsellor of the Supreme Court will Minister of Internal Administration. She was chief of staff to the Under Secretary of State for the Secretary of Justice, Director General of the Security Intelligence Service, and Inspector General of the Interior Administration.
Fernando Alexandre
PhD in Economics, Professor at Minho University and Vice President of the Economic and Social Council will have a portfolio Education, science and innovation.
He was Assistant Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior in the 19th constitutional government. In 2022 he received
UMigno Prize for Scientific Merit.
Ana Paula Martins
Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and University Professor, she will Minister of Health.
She was President of the Order of Pharmacists and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Hospital and University of Lisbon Norte.
Miguel Pinto Luz
A figure close to former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, he headed the Democratic Alliance lists in the Faro district and took responsibility for the defeat of Chega in the region.
In January he suspended his mandate as vice-president of the Cascais city council. Miguel Pinto Luz, Vice President of the Social Democratic Party
take the reins into your own hands Infrastructure and housing.
He has an engineering degree with an MBA, President of the Alfredo de Souza Foundation; President of SEDES Lisbon; Vice President of the Regional Tourism Organization; Administrator of the Paula Rego Foundation; Researcher, Information Systems Group INESC-ID; guest lecturer at the Nova School of Business and Economics and the Higher Technical Institute.
He was Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications during the 20th Constitutional Government of Portugal with Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
Pedro Reis
The manager and economist heads the Advisory Board of the Portuguese Diaspora Council. The “Believe”, “Think, Thank You” movement is coordinated by the SDP. Take over the folder Economy.
He was president of Aicep and director of BCP Capital.
Maria do Rosario Palma Ramalho
Doctor of Law, Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, President of the Portuguese Labor Law Association; Vice-President of the International Society of Labor and Social Security Law; Consultant to the European Commission in the field of gender equality. Will be minister Work, solidarity, security and social.
Maria da Graca Carvalho
Doctor of Philosophy, Member of the European Parliament and University Professor. She was Minister of Science and Higher Education and Deputy President of the European Commission from 2006 to 2009. She will have a briefcase Wednesday This Energy.
Margarida Balseiro Lopez
With a law degree, she was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2015 to 2022. Minister of Youth and Modernization.
Jose Manuel Fernandez
He is an engineering graduate and a member of the European Parliament, he will have a portfolio Agriculture and fishing. He was president of the Vila Verde City Council.
Delilah Rodriguez
An art historian and professor of higher education, she is also director of the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos and Torre de Belém (since May 2019). Will it be Minister of Culture.
He directed several national cultural institutions, namely the National Museum of Grao Vasco and the National Museum of Ancient Art. She was the administrator of the Belem Cultural Center.
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