XI Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XI Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XI Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 11th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, in office from 17 August 1987 to 31 October 1991. It was formed by members of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and had Aníbal Cavaco Silva, leader of the PSD, as Prime Minister. It was the first single-party government with an absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic since the Carnation Revolution.

XI Constitutional Government of Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Date formed	17 August 1987 (1987-08-17)
Date dissolved	31 October 1991 (1991-10-31)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	Mário Soares
Prime Minister	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Vice Prime Minister	Eurico de Melo
Member party	Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Status in legislature	Majority 148 / 250 (59%)
Opposition parties	Socialist Party (PS) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Democratic Renewal Party (PNR) Democratic and Social Center (CDS) Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV)
History
Elections	1987 Portuguese legislative election (19 July 1987)
Predecessor	X Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	XII Constitutional Government of Portugal

Composition

The government was initially composed of the Prime Minister, one Deputry Prime Minister, and 16 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and under-secretaries of state. On 5 January 1990, the position of Vice Prime Minister was extinguished and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources was created, making a total of 17 ministries. The government also included the Ministers of the Republic for the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira.^[1]

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

Office	Minister		Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		Aníbal Cavaco Silva		PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Deputy Prime Minister	Eurico de Melo			PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
Minister of Presidency		Fernando Nogueira		PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of National Defense	Eurico de Melo			PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
	Carlos Brito			PSD	5 January 1990	5 March 1990
		Fernando Nogueira		PSD	5 March 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	António Capucho			PSD	17 August 1987	24 July 1989
	Manuel Dias Loureiro			PSD	24 July 1989	31 October 1991
Minister of Finance	Miguel Cadilhe			PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
	Miguel Beleza			PSD	5 January 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Plan and Territorial Administration	Luís Valente de Oliveira			PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Internal Administration	José Silveira Godinho			PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
	Manuel Pereira			PSD	5 January 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Justice		Fernando Nogueira		PSD	5 March 1990	5 March 1990
	Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio			PSD	5 March 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Foreign Affairs		João de Deus Pinheiro		PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Álvaro Barreto			PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
	Arlindo da Cunha			PSD	5 January 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Industry and Energy	Luís Mira Amaral			PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Education	Roberto Carneiro			Independent	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Public Works, Transports and Communications	João Maria Oliveira Martins			PSD	17 August 1987	24 April 1990
	Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral			PSD	24 April 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Health	Leonor Beleza			PSD	17 August 1987	5 January 1990
	Arlindo de Carvalho			PSD	5 January 1990	31 October 1991
Minister of Labour and Social Security		José Silva Peneda		PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral			PSD	17 August 1987	24 April 1990
	Fernando Faria de Oliveira			PSD	24 April 1990	31 October 1991
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and of Youth	António Couto dos Santos			PSD	17 August 1987	31 October 1991
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources	Fernando Real			PSD	5 January 1990	24 April 1991
	Carlos Borrego			PSD	24 April 1991	31 October 1991
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Azores		Vasco Rocha Vieira		Independent	17 August 1987	18 April 1991
	Mário Pinto			PSD	18 April 1991	31 October 1991
Minister of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira	Lino Miguel			Independent	17 August 1987	31 October 1991