XVII Constitutional Government of Portugal

XVII Constitutional Government of Portugal
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Cabinet of Portugal
File:Josesocrates09082006.jpg Prime Minister José Sócrates
Date formed	12 March 2005 (2005-03-12)
Date dissolved	26 October 2009 (2009-10-26)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	Jorge Sampaio Anibal Cavaco Silva
Prime Minister	José Sócrates
Member parties	Socialist Party (PS)
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party (PSD) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) Left Bloc (BE) Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV)
History
Election	2005 Portuguese legislative election (20 February 2005)
Predecessor	XVI Constitutional Government of Portugal
Successor	XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XVII Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: XVII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 17th government of the Third Portuguese Republic, under the Portuguese Constitution of 1976. It was in office from 12 March 2005 to 26 October 2009, and was formed by the members of the Socialist Party (PS). José Sócrates, leader of the PS, served as Prime Minister.

Composition

The government was composed of the Prime Minister and 16 ministries comprising ministers, secretaries and under-secretaries of state.

Ministers of the XVII Constitutional Government of Portugal

Office	Minister		Party		Start of term	End of term
Prime Minister	File:Josesocrates09082006 (square).jpg	José Sócrates		PS	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of State and Internal Administration	File:AntonioCosta (square).jpg	António Costa		PS	12 March 2005	17 May 2007
Minister of State and Foreign Affairs	File:Freitas do Amaral, XV Cimeira Ibero-Americana - Salamanca, Espanha (cropped).jpg	Diogo Freitas do Amaral		Independent	12 March 2005	3 July 2006
	File:Luis Amado (square).JPEG	Luís Amado		PS	3 July 2006	26 October 2009
Minister of State and Finance	Luís Campos e Cunha			Independent	12 March 2005	21 July 2005
	File:Teixeira dos Santos-2.jpg	Fernando Teixeira dos Santos		Independent	21 July 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of Presidency	File:Pedro Silva Pereira, Festa de Natal do PS Montalegre de 2015 (square).png	Pedro Silva Pereira		PS	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of National Defense	File:Luis Amado (square).JPEG	Luís Amado		PS	12 March 2005	3 July 2006
	File:Fotografia Autorizada de Nuno Severiano Teixeira.jpg	Nuno Severiano Teixeira		Independent	3 July 2006	26 October 2009
Minister of Internal Administration	Rui Pereira			Independent	17 May 2007	26 October 2009
Minister of Justice	Alberto Costa			PS	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Regional Development	Francisco Nunes Correia			Independent	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of Economy and Innovation	File:Manuel Pinho.jpg	Manuel Pinho		Independent	12 March 2005	6 July 2009
	File:Teixeira dos Santos-2.jpg	Fernando Teixeira dos Santos		Independent	6 July 2009	26 October 2009
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries	Jaime Silva			Independent	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications	File:Mario Lino na Exponor (square).JPG	Mário Lino		PS	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity	File:HANDSHAKE 2016-07-14 (28022017630) (square).jpg	José António Vieira da Silva		PS	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of Health	António Correia de Campos			PS	12 March 2005	30 January 2008
	File:Ana Jorge (square).png	Ana Jorge		Independent	30 January 2008	26 October 2009
Minister of Education	File:Maria Lurdes Rodrigues na Exponor (square).JPG	Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues		Independent	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education	File:JoseMarianoGago (cropped).jpg	Mariano Gago		Independent	12 March 2005	26 October 2009
Minister of Culture	Isabel Pires de Lima			Independent	12 March 2005	30 January 2008
	José Pinto Ribeiro			Independent	30 January 2008	26 October 2009
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	File:Augusto Santos Silva September 2016 (29654321765) (square).jpg	Augusto Santos Silva		PS	12 March 2005	26 October 2009