Minister of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)

The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal is in charge of conducting the foreign policy established by the Portuguese government, representing the country in many international meetings. The current minister is Paulo Rangel.

Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
Ministro de Estado e dos Negócios Estrangeiros
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Incumbent Paulo Rangel since 2 April 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Minister (informal) His Excellency (formal, diplomatic)
Abbreviation	MNE
Member of	Cabinet Council of Ministers Council of the EU
Reports to	Prime Minister
Seat	Necessidades Palace, Estrela, Lisbon
Appointer	President of the Republic on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs and War
Formation	12 June 1822; 203 years ago (1822-06-12)
First holder	Dom José Luís de Sousa Botelho Mourão e Vasconcelos
Website	portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt

The following is a list of office holders since 1936:^[1]

Holders

• 1936–1947: António de Oliveira Salazar
• 1947–1950: José Caeiro da Mata
• 1950–1956: Paulo Cunha (1st time)
• 1956–1957: Marcelo Caetano (1st time)
• 1957: Paulo Cunha (2nd time)
• 1957: Marcelo Caetano (2nd time)
• 1957–1958: Paulo Cunha (3rd time)
• 1958–1961: Marcello Mathias
• 1961–1969: Alberto Franco Nogueira
• 1969–1970: Marcelo Caetano (3rd time)
• 1970–1974: Rui Patrício
• 1974–1975: Mário Soares (1st time), 1st after the Carnation Revolution
• 1975: Ernesto Melo Antunes (1st time)
• 1975: Mário Ruivo
• 1975–1976: Ernesto Melo Antunes (2nd time)
• 1976–1977: José Medeiros Ferreira (1st time)
• 1977–1978: Mário Soares (2nd time)
• 1978: Victor de Sá Machado
• 1978: Carlos Correia Gago
• 1978: José Medeiros Ferreira (2nd time)
• 1978–1980: João Carlos Lopes Cardoso
• 1980–1981: Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1st time)
• 1981–1982: André Gonçalves Pereira
• 1982–1983: Vasco Futscher Pereira
• 1983–1985: Jaime Gama (1st time)
• 1985–1987: Pedro Pires de Miranda
• 1987–1992: João de Deus Pinheiro
• 1992–1995: José Manuel Durão Barroso
• 1995–2002: Jaime Gama (2nd time)
• 2002–2003: António Martins da Cruz
• 2003–2004: Teresa Patrício de Gouveia
• 2004–2005: António Monteiro
• 2005–2006: Diogo Freitas do Amaral (2nd time)
• 2006–2011: Luís Amado
• 2011–2013: Paulo Portas
• 2013–2015: Rui Machete
• 2015–2022: Augusto Santos Silva
• 2022: António Costa
• 2022–2024: João Gomes Cravinho
• 2024–present: Paulo Rangel

Secretaries

• Inês Domingos, Secretary of State for European Affairs
• Nuno Sampaio, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
• José Cesário, Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities