Ministry of Home Affairs (Portugal)

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Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministério da Administração Interna
Logo of the ministry
Flag of the minister
Headquarters of the ministry in Lisbon
Ministry overview
Formed	28 June 1736 (290 years ago) (1736-06-28)
Preceding Ministry	Secretariat of State for the Interior Affairs of the Kingdom Ministry of the Kingdom Ministry of the Interior
Type	Interior ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Portugal
Headquarters	Praça do Comércio East Wing, Lisbon, Portugal 38°42′29.556″N 9°8′6.8784″W / 38.70821000°N 9.135244000°W / 38.70821000; -9.135244000
Minister responsible	Luís Neves, Minister of Home Affairs
Ministry executives	Telmo Correia, Secretary of State for Home Affairs Rui Rocha, Secretary of State for Civil Protection
Child agencies	National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection [pt] Polícia de Segurança Pública National Republican Guard (during peacetime)
Website	portugal.gov.pt

The Ministry of Home Affairs, is the Portuguese government ministry responsible for public security, civil defense, electoral administration, road traffic safety, and immigration and refugee affairs.

The minister is Luís Neves, who had previously served as National Director of the Polícia Judiciária. He replaced Maria Lúcia Amaral, who resigned in February 2026 in the wake of Storm Kristin.

History

The ministry was created in 1736 by King John V of Portugal as the Secretariat of State for the Interior Affairs of the Kingdom, later being known simply as the Ministry of the Kingdom.

In 1910, after the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic, the ministry was renamed Ministry of the Interior. In 1974, after the Carnation Revolution, it was again renamed, becoming the Ministry of Home Affairs.

List of ministers (since 1974)

#	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Party		Prime Minister
1		Joaquim Magalhães Mota (1935–2007)	16 May 1974	17 July 1974		PPD		Adelino da Palma Carlos
2		Manuel da Costa Braz (1934–2019)	17 July 1974	26 March 1975		Ind.		Vasco Gonçalves
3		António Arnão Metelo (1938–2008)	26 March 1975	8 August 1975		Ind.
4		Alfredo Cândido de Moura (b. 1937)	8 August 1975	19 September 1975		Ind.
5		Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932–2010)	19 September 1975	23 July 1976		Ind.		José Pinheiro de Azevedo
6		Manuel da Costa Braz (1934–2019)	23 July 1976	30 January 1978		Ind.		Mário Soares
7		Alberto Oliveira e Silva (1924–2011)	30 January 1978	27 February 1978		PS
8		Jaime Gama (b. 1947)	27 February 1978	29 August 1978		PS
9		António Gonçalves Ribeiro (b. 1933)	29 August 1978	1 August 1979		Ind.		Alfredo Nobre da Costa
								Carlos Mota Pinto
10		Manuel da Costa Braz (1934–2019)	1 August 1979	3 January 1980		Ind.		Maria Lourdes Pintasilgo
11		Eurico de Melo (1925–2012)	3 January 1980	9 January 1981		PSD		Francisco Sá Carneiro
								Diogo Freitas do Amaral
12		Fernando Amaral (1925–2009)	9 January 1981	4 September 1981		PSD		Francisco Pinto Balsemão
13		Ângelo Correia (b. 1945)	4 September 1981	9 June 1983		PSD
14		Eduardo Pereira (1927–2015)	9 June 1983	6 November 1985		PS		Mário Soares
15		Eurico de Melo (1925–2012)	6 November 1985	17 August 1987		PSD		Aníbal Cavaco Silva
16		José Silveira Godinho (b. 1943)	17 August 1987	5 January 1990		PSD
17		Manuel Pereira (b. 1928)	5 January 1990	31 October 1991		PSD
18		Manuel Dias Loureiro (b. 1951)	31 October 1991	28 October 1995		PSD
19		Alberto Costa (b. 1947)	28 October 1995	25 November 1997		PS		António Guterres
20		Jorge Coelho (1954–2021)	25 November 1997	25 October 1999		PS
21		Fernando Gomes (b. 1946)	25 October 1999	14 September 2000		PS
22		Nuno Severiano Teixeira (b. 1957)	14 September 2000	6 April 2002		PS
23		António Figueiredo Lopes (b. 1936)	6 April 2002	17 June 2004		PSD		José Manuel Durão Barroso
24		Daniel Sanches (b. 1949)	17 June 2004	12 March 2005		PSD		Pedro Santana Lopes
25		António Costa (b. 1961)	12 March 2005	17 May 2007		PS		José Sócrates
26		Rui Pereira (b. 1956)	17 May 2007	21 June 2011		PS
27		Miguel Macedo (1959–2025)	21 June 2011	19 November 2014		PSD		Pedro Passos Coelho
28		Anabela Rodrigues (b. 1953)	19 November 2014	30 October 2015		Ind.
29		João Calvão da Silva (1952–2018)	30 October 2015	26 November 2015		PSD
30		Constança Urbano de Sousa (b. 1967)	26 November 2015	18 October 2017		PS		António Costa
31		Eduardo Cabrita (b. 1961)	18 October 2017	4 December 2021		PS
32		Francisca Van Dunem (b. 1955)	4 December 2021	30 March 2022		Ind.
33		José Luís Carneiro (b. 1971)	30 March 2022	2 April 2024		PS
34		Margarida Blasco (b. 1956)	2 April 2024	5 June 2025		Ind.		Luís Montenegro
35		Maria Lúcia Amaral (b. 1957)	5 June 2025	11 February 2026		Ind.
36		Luís Montenegro (b. 1973)	11 February 2026	23 February 2026		PSD
37		Luís Neves (b. 1965)	23 February 2026	Incumbent		Ind.

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