The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal is in charge of conducting the foreign policy established by the Portuguese government, representing the country in many international meetings. The current minister is Paulo Rangel. The following is a list of office holders since 1936:

Holders

* 1936–1947:

António de Oliveira Salazar António de Oliveira Salazar (28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese statesman, academic, and economist who served as Portugal's President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal, President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 to 1 ...

* 1947–1950: José Caeiro da Mata * 1950–1956: Paulo Cunha ''(1st time)'' * 1956–1957:

Marcelo Caetano Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano (17 August 1906 – 26 October 1980) was a Portuguese politician and scholar. He was the second and last leader of the Estado Novo after succeeding António de Oliveira Salazar. He served as prime mini ...

''(1st time)'' * 1957: Paulo Cunha ''(2nd time)'' * 1957:

''(2nd time)'' * 1957–1958: Paulo Cunha ''(3rd time)'' * 1958–1961: Marcello Mathias * 1961–1969: Alberto Franco Nogueira * 1969–1970:

''(3rd time)'' * 1970–1974: Rui Patrício * 1974–1975:

Mário Soares Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portugal, Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the List of Presidents of P ...

''(1st time), 1st after the

Carnation Revolution The Carnation Revolution (), code-named Operation Historic Turn (), also known as the 25 April (), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Portugal. The coup produced major socia ...

'' * 1975:

Ernesto Melo Antunes Ernesto Augusto de Melo Antunes junior, Order of Liberty, GCL (Lisbon, 2 October 1933 – 10 August 1999) was a Portugal, Portuguese military officer who had a major role in the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974. Background Melo Antunes was ...

''(1st time)'' * 1975: Mário Ruivo * 1975–1976:

''(2nd time)'' * 1976–1977: José Medeiros Ferreira ''(1st time)'' * 1977–1978:

''(2nd time)'' * 1978: Victor de Sá Machado * 1978: Carlos Correia Gago * 1978: José Medeiros Ferreira ''(2nd time)'' * 1978–1980: João Carlos Lopes Cardoso * 1980–1981: Diogo Freitas do Amaral ''(1st time)'' * 1981–1982: André Gonçalves Pereira * 1982–1983: Vasco Futscher Pereira * 1983–1985:

Jaime Gama Jaime José de Matos da Gama (born 8 June 1947) is a Portugal, Portuguese former politician. In the Government of Portugal, Portuguese government, he served as Ministry of Internal Administration (Portugal), Minister of Internal Administration ...

''(1st time)'' * 1985–1987: Pedro Pires de Miranda * 1987–1992: João de Deus Pinheiro * 1992–1995: José Manuel Durão Barroso * 1995–2002:

''(2nd time)'' * 2002–2003: António Martins da Cruz * 2003–2004: Teresa Patrício de Gouveia * 2004–2005: António Monteiro * 2005–2006: Diogo Freitas do Amaral ''(2nd time)'' * 2006–2011: Luís Amado * 2011–2013:

Paulo Portas Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962, ) is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians. He was the leader of one of Portugal's right-wing parties, ...

* 2013–2015: Rui Machete * 2015–2022: Augusto Santos Silva * 2022:

António Costa António Luís Santos da Costa (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as President of the European Council since 2024. He previously served as the 118th prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024 and th ...

* 2022–2024: João Gomes Cravinho * 2024–present: Paulo Rangel

Secretaries

* Inês Domingos, Secretary of State for European Affairs * Nuno Sampaio, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation * José Cesário, Secretary of State for the Portuguese Communities

References

External links

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{{Foreign relations of Portugal *Main

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