Portuguese Council of Ministers

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Portugal's Council of Ministers (Template:Pt-lang, pron. IPA: [kõ'seʎu dɨ mi'niʃtɾuʃ] or [kõ'sɐʎu dɨ mɨ'niʃtɾuʃ) is a collegial body presided over by the Prime Minister. All ministers are members of the council of ministers, and when the prime minister finds it fit, state secretaries can also attend its meetings.

1 Functions
2 Current Council of Ministers
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Functions

The Council of Ministers discusses and approves bill to be submitted to the Assembly of the Republic and decrees and resolutions.

[edit] Current Council of Ministers

As of July 21 2005, the Council of Ministers consists of the following:

Portfolio	Minister
Prime Minister of Portugal	José Sócrates
Minister of State, Interior minister	António Costa
Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs	Luís Amado
Minister of State, Minister of Finance	Teixeira dos Santos
Minister of Presidency	Pedro Silva Pereira
Minister of Defense	Nuno Severiano Teixeira
Minister of Justice	Alberto Costa
Minister of the Environment, Spatial Planing and Regional Development	Francisco Nunes Correia
Minister of Economy and Innovation	Manuel Pinho
Minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries	Jaime Silva
Minister for Public Works, Transport and Communications	Mário Lino
Minister for Labour and Social Solidarity	José Vieira da Silva
Minister for Health	António Correia de Campos
Minister for Education	Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues
Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education	Mariano Gago
Minister for Culture	Isabel Pires de Lima
Minister for Parliament Affairs	Augusto Santos Silva