VI Constitutional Government of Portugal

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.

VI Constitutional Government of Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro
Date formed	3 January 1980 (1980-01-03)
Date dissolved	9 January 1981 (1981-01-09)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	António Ramalho Eanes
Prime Minister	Francisco Sá Carneiro
Vice Prime Minister	Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Member parties	Social Democratic Party (PSD) Democratic and Social Center (CDS) People's Monarchist Party (PPM)
Status in legislature	Majority coalition government
Opposition parties	Socialist Party (PS) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Popular Democratic Union (UDP)
History
Elections	1979 Portuguese legislative election (2 December 1979) 1980 Portuguese legislative election (5 October 1980)
Predecessor	V Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	VII Constitutional Government of Portugal

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]

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

Office	Minister		Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		Francisco Sá Carneiro		PSD	3 January 1980	4 December 1980
		Diogo Freitas do Amaral (interim)		CDS	4 December 1980	9 January 1981
Deputy Prime Minister (Vice-Primeiro-Ministro)		Diogo Freitas do Amaral		CDS	3 January 1980	4 December 1980
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister (Ministro Adjunto do Primeiro Ministro)		Francisco Pinto Balsemão		PSD	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Diogo Freitas do Amaral		CDS	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of National Defence		Adelino Amaro da Costa		CDS	3 January 1980	4 December 1980
Minister of Internal Administration	Eurico de Melo			PSD	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Justice	Mário Raposo			PSD	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Finance and Planning		Aníbal Cavaco Silva		PSD	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Education and Science	Vítor Crespo			PSD	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Labour	Eusébio Marques de Carvalho			Independent	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Social Affairs	João Morais Leitão			CDS	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	António Cardoso e Cunha			PSD	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Basílio Horta			CDS	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Industry and Energy	Álvaro Barreto			PSD	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Housing and Public Works	João Porto			CDS	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of Transports and Communications	José Carlos Viana Baptista			PSD	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores	Henrique Afonso da Silva Horta			Independent	3 January 1980	9 January 1981
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira	Lino Miguel			Independent	3 January 1980	9 January 1981