Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (Portugal)
| Ministério da Cultura, Juventude e Desporto | |
| Ministry overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Government of Portugal |
| Headquarters | Campus XXI, Lisbon |
| Annual budget | €245.5 million[1] |
| Minister responsible |
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| Child Ministry | |
| Website | Official Site |
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (Portuguese: Ministério da Cultura, Juventude e Desporto) is a Portuguese government ministry, created in June 2025 by the XXV Constitutional Government as a merger of the previous Ministries of Culture and Youth and Modernisation. Currently, it is led by Margarida Balseiro Lopes.[2]
It is dedicated to the design, development, execution and assessment of the cultural national policy, as well as managing policies related to youth and sports.
As all other ministers, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports is part of the Council of Ministers.[3]
List of ministers
| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eduardo Silva Correia (1915–1991) |
16 May 1974 | 17 July 1974 | Ind. | Adelino da Palma Carlos | |||
| 2 | Vitorino Magalhães Godinho (1918–2011) |
17 July 1974 | 29 November 1974 | Ind. | Vasco Gonçalves | |||
| 3 | Vasco Gonçalves (1921–2005) |
29 November 1974 | 4 December 1974 | Ind. | ||||
| 4 | Manuel Rodrigues de Carvalho (1929–1999) |
4 December 1974 | 26 March 1975 | Ind. | ||||
| 5 | José Emílio da Silva (1940–2024) |
26 March 1975 | 19 September 1975 | Ind. | ||||
| – | Vacant office | 19 September 1975 | 30 January 1978 | José Pinheiro de Azevedo | ||||
| Mário Soares | ||||||||
| 6 | Mário Sottomayor Cardia (1941–2006) |
30 January 1978 | 29 August 1978 | PS | ||||
| 7 | Carlos Lloyd Braga (1928–1997) |
29 August 1978 | 22 November 1978 | Ind. | Alfredo Nobre da Costa | |||
| – | Vacant office | 22 November 1978 | 1 August 1979 | Carlos Mota Pinto | ||||
| 8 | Adérito Sedas Nunes (1928–1991) |
1 August 1979 | 3 January 1980 | Ind. | Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo | |||
| – | Vacant office | 3 January 1980 | 4 September 1981 | Francisco Sá Carneiro | ||||
| Diogo Freitas do Amaral | ||||||||
| Francisco Pinto Balsemão | ||||||||
| 9 | Francisco Lucas Pires (1944–1998) |
4 September 1981 | 9 June 1983 | CDS | ||||
| 10 | António Coimbra Martins (1927–2021) |
9 June 1983 | 6 November 1985 | PS | Mário Soares | |||
| 11 | João de Deus Pinheiro (b. 1945) |
6 November 1985 | 17 August 1987 | PSD | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | |||
| – | Vacant office | 17 August 1987 | 28 October 1995 | |||||
| 12 | Manuel Maria Carrilho (b. 1951) |
28 October 1995 | 12 July 2000 | PS | António Guterres | |||
| 13 | José Sasportes (b. 1937) |
12 July 2000 | 3 July 2001 | PS | ||||
| 14 | Augusto Santos Silva (b. 1956) |
3 July 2001 | 6 April 2002 | PS | ||||
| 15 | Pedro Roseta (b. 1943) |
6 April 2002 | 17 June 2004 | PSD | José Durão Barroso | |||
| 16 | Maria João Bustorff (b. 1950) |
17 June 2004 | 12 March 2005 | PSD | Pedro Santana Lopes | |||
| 17 | Isabel Pires de Lima (b. 1950) |
12 March 2005 | 30 January 2008 | Ind. | José Sócrates | |||
| 18 | José Pinto Ribeiro (b. 1946) |
30 January 2008 | 26 October 2009 | PS | ||||
| 19 | Gabriela Canavilhas (b. 1961) |
26 October 2009 | 21 June 2011 | PS | ||||
| – | Vacant office | 21 June 2011 | 30 October 2015 | Pedro Passos Coelho | ||||
| 20 | Teresa Morais (b. 1959) |
30 October 2015 | 26 November 2015 | PSD | ||||
| 21 | João Soares (b. 1949) |
26 November 2015 | 14 April 2016 | PS | António Costa | |||
| 22 | Luís Filipe Castro Mendes (b. 1950) |
14 April 2016 | 15 October 2018 | Ind. | ||||
| 23 | Graça Fonseca (b. 1971) |
15 October 2018 | 30 March 2022 | PS | ||||
| 24 | Pedro Adão e Silva (b. 1974) |
30 March 2022 | 2 April 2024 | PS | ||||
| 25 | Dalila Rodrigues (b. 1961) |
2 April 2024 | 5 June 2025 | Ind. | Luís Montenegro | |||
| 26 | Margarida Balseiro Lopes (b. 1989) |
5 June 2025 | Incumbent | PSD | ||||
By time in office
| Name | Time in office | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Manuel Maria Carrilho | 1995–2000 | 4 years, 258 days |
| Graça Fonseca | 2018–2022 | 3 years, 166 days |
| Isabel Pires de Lima | 2005–2008 | 2 years, 324 days |
| Luís Filipe Castro Mendes | 2016–2018 | 2 years, 184 days |
| António Coimbra Martins | 1983–1985 | 2 years, 150 days |
| Pedro Roseta | 2002–2004 | 2 years, 72 days |
| João de Deus Pinheiro | 1985–1987 | 2 years, 11 days |
| Pedro Adão e Silva | 2022–2024 | 2 years, 3 days |
| Francisco Lucas Pires | 1981–1983 | 1 year, 278 days |
| José Pinto Ribeiro | 2008–2009 | 1 year, 269 days |
| Gabriela Canavilhas | 2009–2011 | 1 year, 207 days |
| Dalila Rodrigues | 2024–2025 | 1 year, 64 days |
| José Sasportes | 2000–2001 | 356 days |
| Augusto Santos Silva | 2001–2002 | 277 days |
| Maria João Bustorff | 2004–2005 | 268 days |
| Mário Sottomayor Cardia | 1978 | 211 days |
| Margarida Balseiro Lopes | 2025–present | 202 days |
| José Emílio da Silva | 1975 | 177 days |
| João Soares | 2015–2016 | 140 days |
| Vitorino Magalhães Godinho | 1974 | 135 days |
| Manuel Rodrigues de Carvalho | 1974–1975 | 112 days |
| Carlos Lloyd Braga | 1978 | 85 days |
| Eduardo Silva Correia | 1974 | 62 days |
| Teresa Morais | 2015 | 27 days |
| Vasco Gonçalves | 1974 | 5 days |
References
- ^ "OE 2008: Orçamento do Ministério da Cultura cresce 9,2%". Diário Digital (in Portuguese). 2007-10-12.
- ^ Portuguesa, Presidência da República. "Presidente da República aceita composição do XXV Governo Constitucional". www.presidencia.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-14.
- ^ "Como é composto e como funciona o Conselho de Ministros?". Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-16.
External links
- Official site (in Portuguese)