Ministry of State Reform

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Ministry of State Reform
Ministério da Reforma do Estado
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Ministry overview
Formed1978 (1978)
JurisdictionGovernment of Portugal
HeadquartersLisbon
Minister responsible
Websiteportugal.gov.pt

The Ministry of State Reform is s a Portuguese government ministry, firstly created in 1978 by the II Constitutional Government, having had several designations ever since.[1]

It is responsible for coordinating public administration reform policies with a view to modernising and reducing bureaucracy.

Currently, it is led by Gonçalo Saraiva Matias.[2]

Name

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The ministry has been created with different names throughout history:

  • Ministry of Administrative Reform – 30 January 1978 to 9 June 1983
  • Ministry of State Reform and Public Administration– 25 October 1999 to 6 April 2002
  • Ministry of Administrative Modernization – 30 October 2015 to 26 October 2019
  • Ministry of State Modernization and Public Administration – 26 October 2019 to 30 March 2022
  • Ministry of Modernization – 2 April 2024 to 5 June 2025
  • Ministry of State Reform – 5 June 2025 to present

List of Ministers

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Colour key
(for political parties)
  Socialist Party (PS)
  Social Democratic Party (PSD)
  Democratic and Social Center (CDS)
  Independent (Ind.)
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Party Prime Minister
Rui Pena
(1939–2018) 		30 January 1978 29 August 1978 CDS Mário Soares
– Vacant office 29 August 1978 9 January 1981 Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Carlos Mota Pinto
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Francisco Sá Carneiro
Diogo Freitas do Amaral
2 Eusébio Marques de Carvalho
(b. 1945) 		9 January 1981 4 June 1981 Ind. Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Vacant office 4 June 1981 4 September 1981
3 José Menéres Pimentel
(1928–2014) 		4 September 1981 9 June 1983 PSD
– Vacant office 9 June 1983 25 October 1999 Mário Soares
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
António Guterres
4 Alberto Martins
(b. 1945) 		25 October 1999 6 April 2002 PS
– Vacant office 6 April 2002 30 October 2015 José Durão Barroso
Pedro Santana Lopes
José Sócrates
Pedro Passos Coelho
5 Rui Medeiros
(b. 1963) 		30 October 2015 26 November 2015 Ind.
6 File:(Maria Manuel Leitão Marques) Horasis Global Meeting - Grand Opening (cropped).jpg Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
(b. 1952) 		26 November 2015 18 February 2019 PS António Costa
7 File:Mariana Vieira da Silva (Assim é Portugal) (cropped).png Mariana Vieira da Silva
(b. 1978) 		18 February 2019 26 October 2019 PS
8 File:Reunião com a associação Causa Pública, Lisboa, Nov.2023 (53320896231) (cropped).jpg Alexandra Leitão
(b. 1973) 		26 October 2019 30 March 2022 PS
– Vacant office 30 March 2022 2 April 2024
9 File:Margarida Balseiro Lopes 13-5-2024.jpg Margarida Balseiro Lopes
(b. 1989) 		2 April 2024 5 June 2025 PSD Luís Montenegro
10 File:Gonçalo Saraiva Matias - 2025 (cropped).jpg Gonçalo Saraiva Matias
(b. 1979) 		5 June 2025 present Ind.

Notes

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  1. ^ There is no official ministry logo yet

References

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