Ministry of State Reform

Ministry of State Reform
Ministério da Reforma do Estado
Logo of the Portuguese Government
Ministry overview
Formed1978 (1978)
JurisdictionGovernment of Portugal
Headquarters
Minister responsible
Websiteportugal.gov.pt

The Ministry of State Reform is s a Portuguese government ministry, firstly created in 1978 by the II Constitutional Government, having had several designations ever since.

It is responsible for coordinating public administration reform policies with a view to modernising and reducing bureaucracy.

Currently, it is led by Gonçalo Saraiva Matias.

Name

The ministry has been created with different names throughout history:

List of ministers

Colour key
(for political parties)
  Socialist Party (PS)
  Social Democratic Party (PSD)
  Democratic and Social Center (CDS)
  Independent (Ind.)
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Party Prime Minister
Rui Pena
(1939–2018)		 30 January 1978 29 August 1978 CDS Mário Soares
– Vacant office
As Secretary of State:
- Carlos Robalo (1980–1981)		 29 August 1978 9 January 1981 Alfredo Nobre da Costa
Carlos Mota Pinto
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Francisco Sá Carneiro
Diogo Freitas do Amaral
2 Eusébio Marques de Carvalho
(b. 1945)		 9 January 1981 4 June 1981 Ind. Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Vacant office
As Secretary of State:
- José Robin de Andrade (1981)		 4 June 1981 4 September 1981
3 José Menéres Pimentel
(1928–2014)		 4 September 1981 9 June 1983 PSD
– Vacant office
As Secretary of State:
- Isabel Corte Real (1987–1995)		 9 June 1983 25 October 1999 Mário Soares
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
António Guterres
4 Alberto Martins
(b. 1945)		 25 October 1999 6 April 2002 PS
– Vacant office
As Secretary of State:
- Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (2005–2011)
- Joaquim Cardoso da Costa (2013–2015)		 6 April 2002 30 October 2015 José Durão Barroso
Pedro Santana Lopes
José Sócrates
Pedro Passos Coelho
5 Rui Medeiros
(b. 1963)		 30 October 2015 26 November 2015 Ind.
6 Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
(b. 1952)		 26 November 2015 18 February 2019 PS António Costa
7 Mariana Vieira da Silva
(b. 1978)		 18 February 2019 26 October 2019 PS
8 Alexandra Leitão
(b. 1973)		 26 October 2019 30 March 2022 PS
– Vacant office
As Secretary of State:
- Mário Campolargo (2022–2024)		 30 March 2022 2 April 2024
9 Margarida Balseiro Lopes
(b. 1989)		 2 April 2024 5 June 2025 PSD Luís Montenegro
10 Gonçalo Saraiva Matias
(b. 1979)		 5 June 2025 present PSD

Notes

  1. ↑ There is no official ministry logo yet

References

  1. ↑ SAPO. "Governo: Modernização administrativa passa a Reforma do Estado. Educação, ciência e inovação sem mudanças". SAPO Tek (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  2. ↑ Alves, Filipe (2025-06-04). "Gonçalo Saraiva Matias vai ser o novo ministro da Reforma do Estado". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-16.