XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal

XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal XXIII Governo Constitucional de Portugal
cabinet of Portugal
300x200px Prime Minister António Costa
Date formed	30 March 2022
People and organisations
Head of government	António Costa, Prime Minister
Head of state	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Republic
Number of ministers	Until 4 January 2023: 17 Since 4 January 2023: 18
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
Election(s)	2022 Portuguese legislative election (30 January 2022)
Predecessor	XXII Constitutional Government

The XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XXIII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) is the current cabinet of the Portuguese government, the 23rd since the establishment of the current constitution. It was sworn in on 30 March 2022 as a Socialist Party (PS) majority government led by Prime Minister António Costa, following the 2022 legislative election.

The government is formed by 18 ministers and 41 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
158x158px Prime Minister	120x120px	António Costa		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of the Presidency	120x120px	Mariana Vieira da Silva		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Foreign Affairs	120x120px	João Gomes Cravinho		Independent	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Defence	120x120px	Helena Carreiras		Independent	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Home Affairs	120x120px	José Luís Carneiro		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Justice	120x120px	Catarina Sarmento e Castro		Independent	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Finance	120x120px	Fernando Medina		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and for Parliamentary Affairs	120x120px	Ana Catarina Mendes		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of the Economy and Maritime Affairs	120x120px	António Costa Silva		Independent	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Culture	120x120px	Pedro Adão e Silva		Independent	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education	120x120px	Elvira Fortunato		Independent	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Education	120x120px	João Costa		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security	120x120px	Ana Mendes Godinho		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Health	120x120px	Marta Temido		PS	30 March 2022	10 September 2022
	120x120px	Manuel Pizarro		PS	10 September 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Environment and Climate Action	120x120px	Duarte Cordeiro		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent
Minister of Infrastructure and Housing	120x120px	Pedro Nuno Santos		PS	30 March 2022	4 January 2023
200x200px Minister of Infrastructure	120x120px	João Galamba		PS	4 January 2023	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Housing	120x120px	Marina Gonçalves		PS	4 January 2023	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Territorial Cohesion	120x120px	Ana Abrunhosa		Independent	30 March 2022	Incumbent
200x200px Minister of Agriculture and Food	120x120px	Maria do Céu Antunes		PS	30 March 2022	Incumbent

Events

Resignation

On 7 November 2023, Portuguese prosecutors detained António Costa's chief of staff Vitor Escaria and named the minister of Infrastructure João Galamba a suspect in an investigation into alleged corruption in lithium and hydrogen deals. Over 40 searches were carried out at several government buildings, including Escaria'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 twice. In a televised statement in the afternoon, Costa announced his resignation, 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".