XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal
The XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal was the 22nd government of the Third Portuguese Republic, under the current Constitution. It was established on 26 October 2019 as a Socialist Party (PS) minority government, led by Prime Minister António Costa, and ended on 30 March 2022.
Prime Minister António Costa
Image: Antonio Costa November 2019
Image: Siza Vieira 2018
Image: Augusto Santos Silva 2021
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action. The PS is a member of the Socialist International, Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists, and has nine members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the 9th European Parliament. It was the governing party of Portugal between November 2015 and April 2024, subsequently winning the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections.
Socialist Party national headquarters in Lisbon.
Socialist Party national headquarters in 1975.
Mário Soares, founder, Prime Minister (1976–1978, 1983–1985), and President (1986–1996).
António Guterres, Prime Minister from 1995 to 2002 and the 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations.