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The Minister of 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 Luis Amado. Following, is a list of recent office holders:
[edit] Ministers of Foreign Affairs
- 1947-1950, José Caeiro da Mata
- 1950-1956, Paulo Cunha (1st time)
- 1956-1957, Marcello Caetano (1st time)
- 1957-1957, Paulo Cunha (2nd time)
- 1957-1957, Marcello Caetano (2nd time)
- 1957-1958, Paulo Cunha (3rd time)
- 1958-1961, Marcello Mathias
- 1961-1969, Alberto Franco Nogueira
- 1969-1970, Marcello Caetano (3rd time)
- 1970-1974, Rui d’Espiney Patrício
- 1974-1975, Mário Nobre Lopes Soares (1st time), 1st after the Carnation Revolution
- 1975-1975, Ernesto Melo Antunes (1st time)
- 1975-1975, Mário Ruivo
- 1975-1976, Ernesto Melo Antunes (2nd time)
- 1976-1977, José Medeiros Ferreira (1st time)
- 1977-1978, Mário Nobre Lopes Soares (2nd time)
- 1978-1978, Victor de Sá Machado
- 1978-1978, Carlos Correia Gago
- 1978-1978, José Medeiros Ferreira (2nd time)
- 1978-1980, João Carlos Lopes Cardoso
- 1980-1981, Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1st time)
- 1981-1982, André Gonçalves Pereira
- 1982-1983, Vasco Futscher Pereira
- 1983-1985, Jaime Gama (1st time)
- 1985-1987, Pedro Pires de Miranda
- 1987-1992, João de Deus Pinheiro
- 1992-1995, José Manuel Durão Barroso
- 1995-2002, Jaime Gama (2nd time)
- 2002-2003, António Martins da Cruz
- 2003-2004, Teresa Patrício Gouveia
- 2004-2005, António Monteiro
- 2005-2006, Diogo Freitas do Amaral (2nd time)
- as of 2006, Luis Amado