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IV Constitutional Government of Portugal
IV Constitutional Government of Portugal
; Cabinet of Portugal
Date formed	22 November 1978
Date dissolved	1 August 1979
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

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.

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		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

References

^ "Lei Orgânica do IV Governo Constitucional". Diário da República (in Portuguese). Vol. 299/78. Portugal: Conselho de Ministros. 30 December 1978.
^ "IV Governo Constitucional - 1978-1979 - Composição". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2023.