XII Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XII Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 12th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, in office from 31 October 1991 to 28 October 1995. It was formed by members of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and had Aníbal Cavaco Silva, leader of the PSD, as Prime Minister.

XII Constitutional Government of Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Date formed	31 October 1991 (1991-10-31)
Date dissolved	28 October 1995 (1995-10-28)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	Mário Soares
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Member party	Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Status in legislature	Majority 135 / 230 (59%)
Opposition parties	Socialist Party (PS) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Democratic and Social Center (CDS) Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) National Solidarity Party (PSN)
History
Elections	1991 Portuguese legislative election (6 October 1991)
Predecessor	XI Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	XIII Constitutional Government of Portugal

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister and 17 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and under-secretaries of state. The government also included the Ministers of the Republic for the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira.^[1]

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

Office	Minister		Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		Aníbal Cavaco Silva		PSD	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of Presidency		Fernando Nogueira		PSD	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of National Defense		Fernando Nogueira		PSD	31 October 1991	16 March 1995
	António Figueiredo Lopes			PSD	16 March 1995	28 October 1995
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and of Parliamentary Affairs	António Couto dos Santos			PSD	31 October 1991	19 March 1992
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister		Luís Marques Mendes		PSD	19 March 1992	28 October 1995
Minister of Internal Administration	Manuel Dias Loureiro			PSD	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of Finance	Jorge Braga de Macedo			PSD	31 October 1991	7 December 1993
	Eduardo Catroga			PSD	7 December 1993	28 October 1995
Minister of Plan and Territorial Administration	Luís Valente de Oliveira			PSD	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of Justice	Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio			PSD	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of Foreign Affairs		João de Deus Pinheiro		PSD	31 October 1991	12 November 1992
		José Manuel Durão Barroso		PSD	12 November 1992	28 October 1995
Minister of Agriculture	Arlindo da Cunha			PSD	31 October 1991	21 May 1994
	António Duarte Silva			PSD	21 May 1994	28 October 1995
Minister of Industry and Energy	Luís Mira Amaral			Independent	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of Education	Diamantino Durão			Independent	31 October 1991	19 March 1992
	António Couto dos Santos			PSD	19 March 1992	7 December 1993
		Manuela Ferreira Leite		PSD	7 December 1993	28 October 1995
Minister of Public Works, Transports and Communications	Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral			PSD	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of Health	Arlindo de Carvalho			PSD	31 October 1991	7 December 1993
	Paulo Mendo			PSD	7 December 1993	28 October 1995
Minister of Labour and Social Security		José Silva Peneda		PSD	31 October 1991	7 December 1993
	José Falcão e Cunha			PSD	7 December 1993	28 October 1995
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Fernando Faria de Oliveira			PSD	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources	Carlos Borrego			Independent	31 October 1991	11 June 1993
	Teresa Gouveia			PSD	11 June 1993	28 October 1995
Minister of the Sea	Eduardo Azevedo Soares			PSD	31 October 1991	16 March 1995
	António Duarte Silva			PSD	16 March 1995	28 October 1995
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores	Mário Pinto			PSD	31 October 1991	28 October 1995
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira	Artur Rodrigues Consolado			Independent	31 October 1991	28 October 1995