VI_Constitutional_Government_of_Portugal

VI Constitutional Government of Portugal

VI Constitutional Government of Portugal

Cabinet of Portugal between 1980 and 1981, led by Francisco Sá Carneiro

The VI Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: VI Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the sixth government of the Third Portuguese Republic, in office from 3 January 1980 to 9 January 1981. It was formed by a centre-right coalition between the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Democratic and Social Center (CDS) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), which ran together in the 1979 and 1980 legislative elections as the Democratic Alliance (AD). Francisco Sá Carneiro, leader of the PSD, was the Prime Minister, and Diogo Freitas do Amaral, leader of the CDS, was Vice Prime Minister.

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On 4 December 1980, Sá Carneiro and the Minister of National Defense Adelino Amaro da Costa were killed in an air crash in Camarate, shortly after the plane carrying them took off from the Lisbon Airport. Following the disaster, Freitas do Amaral acted as interim Prime Minister until the dissolution of the government on 9 January 1981.

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister, one Deputy Prime Minister, and 14 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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Lei Orgânica do VI Governo Constitucional". Diário da República. nº: 32/80 (in Portuguese). Portugal. 7 February 1980.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    "VI Governo Constitucional - 1980-1981 - Composição". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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