Government of Portugal

Government of Portugal
Portuguese: Governo de Portugal
Central government
Logo for the XXIV Government of the Portuguese Republic
Overview
Established	24 September 1834; 190 years ago (1834-09-24)
State	Portuguese Republic
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	President of the Republic
Main organ	Council of Ministers
Ministries	17
Responsible to	Assembly of the Republic
Headquarters	Official Residence of the Prime Minister Estrela, Lisbon
Website	portugal.gov.pt

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Politics of Portugal
Constitution
Executive President (list) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Prime Minister (list) Luís Montenegro Cabinet
Legislature Assembly of the Republic President: José Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Judiciary Constitutional Court Supreme Court of Justice Court of Auditors Supreme Administrative Court
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2016 2021 2026 Legislative: 2019 2022 2024 Local: 2017 2021 2025 European: 2014 2019 2024 Political parties Politicians
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The Government of Portugal, also referred to as the Government of the Portuguese Republic, the Portuguese Government or simply the Government, is one of the four sovereignty bodies [pt] of the Portuguese Republic, together with the President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic and the courts. It is both the body of sovereignty that conducts the general politics of the country and the superior body of the Portuguese public administration.^[1]

The term "constitutional government" or simply "government" also refers to the team of ministers and its period of management under one prime minister. This concept is similar to an "administration" in the parlance of a presidential republic or to a "collective ministry" in the parlance of some Commonwealth countries. Each government in this sense is identified by a roman number, with the present one (formed in April 2024) being the XXIV Constitutional Government of Portugal since the establishment of the current democratic regime, in 1976.^[2]