IV Constitutional Government of Portugal

The IV Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: IV Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the fourth government of the Third Portuguese Republic. It had Carlos Mota Pinto as the Prime Minister and lasted from 22 November 1978 to 1 August 1979.

IV Constitutional Government of Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Date formed	22 November 1978 (1978-11-22)
Date dissolved	1 August 1979 (1979-08-01)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	António Ramalho Eanes
Prime Minister	Carlos Mota Pinto
Member parties	None (support from Democratic People's Party (PPD) and Democratic and Social Center (CDS))
Opposition parties	Socialist Party (PS) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Popular Democratic Union (UDP)
History
Predecessor	III Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	V Constitutional Government of Portugal

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister, one Deputy Prime Minister, one Assistant Minister to the 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]

Ministers of the IV Constitutional Government of Portugal^[2]

Office	Minister	Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister	Carlos Mota Pinto		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and European Integration	Manuel Jacinto Nunes		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister	Álvaro Monjardino		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of National Defence	José Loureiro dos Santos		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Finance and Plan	Manuel Jacinto Nunes		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of the Internal Administration	António Gonçalves Ribeiro		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Justice	Eduardo Silva Correia		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Foreign Affairs	João de Freitas Cruz		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Apolinário Vaz Portugal		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Industry and Technology	Álvaro Barreto		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Abel Repolho Correia		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Labour	Eusébio Marques de Carvalho		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Education and Scientific Research	Luís Valente de Oliveira		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Social Affairs	Acácio Pereira Magro		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Transports and Communications	José Marques da Costa		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Housing and Public Works	João Almeida Pina		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of Mass Communication	Daniel Proença de Carvalho		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores	Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira	Lino Miguel		Independent	22 November 1978	1 August 1979