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Ministry of Territorial Cohesion

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Ministry of Territorial Cohesion
Ministério da Coesão Territorial
Ministry overview
Formed2019 (2019)
JurisdictionGovernment of Portugal
Minister responsible

The Ministry of Territorial Cohesion (Portuguese: Ministério da Coesão Territorial) is a Portuguese government ministry. The Ministry of Territorial Cohesion is responsible for a balanced regional development and for the reduction of regional economic disparities, as well as cooperating with the regional policy of the European Union.[1]

The Ministry was created in 2019, in António Costa's XXII Constitutional Government. In previous cabinets, the regional development sector was usually the responsibility of the Minister of the Presidency, of the Minister of Economy, or of the Minister of Environment.

The current Minister of Territorial Cohesion is Manuel Castro Almeida, since 2 April 2024.

List of Ministers

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Colour key
(for political parties)
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Party Prime Minister
1 José Luís Arnaut
(b. 1963)
17 July 2004 12 March 2005 PSD Pedro Santana Lopes
2 Francisco Nunes Correia
(b. 1951)
12 March 2005 26 October 2009 PS José Sócrates
3 José Vieira da Silva
(b. 1953)
26 October 2009 21 June 2011 PS
Vacant office 21 June 2011 13 April 2013 Pedro Passos Coelho
4 Miguel Poiares Maduro
(b. 1967)
13 April 2013 30 October 2015 PSD
5 Luís Marques Guedes
(b. 1957)
30 October 2015 26 November 2015 PSD
Vacant office 26 November 2015 26 October 2019 António Costa
6 Ana Abrunhosa
(b. 1970)
26 October 2019 2 April 2024 PS
7 Manuel Castro Almeida
(b. 1957)
2 April 2024 present PSD Luís Montenegro

References

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  1. ^ "Lei Orgânica do Governo: Decreto-Lei n.º 169-B/2019 de 3 de Dezembro". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Government of Portugal. Retrieved 27 December 2020.