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XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal XXIII Governo Constitucional de Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister António Costa
Date formed	30 March 2022
Date dissolved	2 April 2024
People and organisations
President of the Republic	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Prime Minister	António Costa
No. of ministers	17
Ministers removed	3 resigned
Member party	Socialist Party (PS)
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party (PSD) Chega (CH) Liberal Initiative (IL) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Left Bloc (BE) People–Animals–Nature (PAN) LIVRE (L)
History
Elections	2022 Portuguese legislative election (30 January 2022)
Legislature term	15th Legislature
Predecessor	XXII Constitutional Government
Successor	XXIV Constitutional Government

The XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XXIII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 23rd government of the Third Portuguese Republic under the current Constitution, and had António Costa as the Prime Minister, in his third consecutive term. It was in office from 30 March 2022 to 2 April 2024 and was formed by members of the Socialist Party (PS).

It was the second PS government to have absolute majority of seats in the Legislature, after the first government of José Sócrates, between 2005 and 2009. It was composed of 17 ministers and 40 secretaries of state.

Composition

The government was initially composed of the Prime Minister and 17 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries, and sub-secretaries of state. On 3 January 2023, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing was split into the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Housing, increasing the number of ministries to 18.

Office	Minister		Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister		António Costa		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of the Presidency		Mariana Vieira da Silva		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs		João Gomes Cravinho		Independent	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of National Defence		Helena Carreiras		Independent	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Home Affairs		José Luís Carneiro		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Justice		Catarina Sarmento e Castro		Independent	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Finance		Fernando Medina		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and for Parliamentary Affairs		Ana Catarina Mendes		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of the Economy and Maritime Affairs		António Costa Silva		Independent	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Culture		Pedro Adão e Silva		Independent	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education		Elvira Fortunato		Independent	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Education		João Costa		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security		Ana Mendes Godinho		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Health		Marta Temido		PS	30 March 2022	10 September 2022
		Manuel Pizarro		PS	10 September 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Environment and Climate Action		Duarte Cordeiro		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Infrastructure and Housing		Pedro Nuno Santos		PS	30 March 2022	4 January 2023
Minister of Infrastructure		João Galamba		PS	4 January 2023	13 November 2023
		António Costa		PS	15 November 2023	2 April 2024
Minister of Housing		Marina Gonçalves		PS	4 January 2023	2 April 2024
Minister of Territorial Cohesion		Ana Abrunhosa		Independent	30 March 2022	2 April 2024
Minister of Agriculture and Food		Maria do Céu Antunes		PS	30 March 2022	2 April 2024

Events

Resignation of António Costa

On 7 November 2023, Portuguese prosecutors detained António Costa's chief of staff Vítor Escária and named the minister of Infrastructure João Galamba a formal suspect in an investigation into alleged corruption in lithium mining, green hydrogen and a data centre deals. Over 40 searches were carried out in several buildings, including Escária's office, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Action.

Costa met with the President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and announced his resignation in a televised statement in the afternoon, saying that "the dignity of the functions of prime minister is not compatible with any suspicion about his integrity, his good conduct and even less with the suspicion of the practice of any criminal act".

On 9 November 2023, after meeting with the Council of State and talking with the political parties represented in the parliament, president Rebelo de Sousa announced snap legislative elections to be held on 10 March 2024. Because the 2024 government budget debate was still underway in the parliament and, by law, elections need to be held within 60 days of the dissolution of the parliament, president Rebelo de Sousa officially dissolved the parliament more than two months later, on 15 January 2024. On 2 April 2024, the new center-right minority government, led by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, took office to succeed António Costa, resulting from the slim victory of the Democratic Alliance in the snap election.

Notes

1. Not including the Prime Minister.
2. Not including the resignation of the Prime Minister.
3. Position replaced by the Minister of Infrastructure and the Minister of Housing on 4 January 2023.
4. ^ Position created on 4 January 2023.

References

1. Hatton, Barry (30 March 2022). "Portugal's new govt sees EU aid as firing up economic growth". Associated Press. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
2. "Government Composition". www.portugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
3. "João Galamba vai ser ministro das Infraestruturas e Marina Gonçalves fica com novo Ministério da Habitação". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2 January 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
4. Portuguesa, Presidência da República. "Primeiro-Ministro assume funções de Ministro das Infraestruturas e Presidente da República aceita nomeação de Secretário de Estado Adjunto e das Infraestruturas". www.presidencia.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
5. Demony, Catarina; Rua, Patricia Vicente; Goncalves, Sergio; Demony, Catarina (7 November 2023). "Portuguese PM to address lithium probe as minister named suspect in graft case". Reuters. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
6. "Portugal's PM Costa resigns over corruption investigation". Reuters. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
7. Goncalves, Sergio; Demony, Catarina; Demony, Catarina (9 November 2023). "Portugal president calls March snap election, leaves time to pass budget". Reuters. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
8. "É oficial: Presidente Marcelo decreta a 9.ª dissolução do Parlamento". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
9. "Portugal's new government aims to outmanoeuvre radical populist rivals". euronews. 2 April 2024.

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