Minister of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)
The Minister of State and 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
- 1947–1950: José Caeiro da Mata
- 1950–1956: Paulo Cunha '
- 1956–1957: Marcelo Caetano '
- 1957: Paulo Cunha '
- 1957: Marcelo Caetano '
- 1957–1958: Paulo Cunha '
- 1958–1961: Marcello Mathias
- 1961–1969: Alberto Franco Nogueira
- 1969–1970: Marcelo Caetano '
- 1970–1974: Rui Patrício
- 1974–1975: Mário Soares , 1st after the Carnation Revolution
- 1975: Ernesto Melo Antunes '
- 1975: Mário Ruivo
- 1975–1976: Ernesto Melo Antunes '
- 1976–1977: José Medeiros Ferreira '
- 1977–1978: Mário Soares '
- 1978: Victor de Sá Machado
- 1978: Carlos Correia Gago
- 1978: José Medeiros Ferreira '
- 1978–1980: João Carlos Lopes Cardoso
- 1980–1981: Diogo Freitas do Amaral '
- 1981–1982: André Gonçalves Pereira
- 1982–1983: Vasco Futscher Pereira
- 1983–1985: Jaime Gama '
- 1985–1987: Pedro Pires de Miranda
- 1987–1992: João de Deus Pinheiro
- 1992–1995: José Manuel Durão Barroso
- 1995–2002: Jaime Gama '
- 2002–2003: António Martins da Cruz
- 2003–2004: Teresa Patrício de Gouveia
- 2004–2005: António Monteiro
- 2005–2006: Diogo Freitas do Amaral
- 2006–2011: Luís Amado
- 2011–2013: Paulo Portas
- 2013–2015: Rui Machete
- 2015–2022: Augusto Santos Silva
- 2022: António Costa
- 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