XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal

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The XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal was the center-left administration led by Prime Minister António Costa, in office from 2015 to 2019, which governed with parliamentary support from several left-wing parties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constitutional government of Portugal
Government of Portugal
appointedBy President of Portugal
budgetaryPolicy deficit reduction with gradual reversal of austerity measures
cabinetNumber 21
cabinetType Council of Ministers of Portugal
capitalOfJurisdiction Lisbon
coalitionNickname geringonça
coalitionOrSupportParties Ecologist Party “The Greens”
Left Bloc
Portuguese Communist Party
Socialist Party
constitutionalOrder Third Portuguese Republic
country Portugal
currencyUsed Euro
dissolvedOn 26 October 2019
endTime 26 October 2019
europeanUnionMemberStateGovernment true
followedBy XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal
governmentNumberInConstitutionalOrder 21
headOfGovernment António Costa
headOfStateDuringTerm Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
jurisdiction Portuguese Republic
linked to: Portugal
languageOfGovernment Portuguese
legislativeTerm XIII Legislature of the Assembly of the Republic
legislatureStatus minority government
parliamentary support agreement
legitimacySource Assembly of the Republic confidence vote
mainOppositionParties CDS – People’s Party
Social Democratic Party
notablePolicyArea increase of minimum wage
restoration of public sector wages
reversal of some austerity policies
numberOfMinistries 17
politicalOrientation centre-left
precededBy XX Constitutional Government of Portugal
primeMinisterParty Socialist Party
region Europe
seatOfGovernment São Bento Palace
startTime 26 November 2015
styleOfGovernment parliamentary system
supportAgreementType confidence and supply
swornInOn 26 November 2015
tookOfficeFollowing 2015 Portuguese legislative election

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António Luís Santos da Costa servedIn XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal
Provisional Government of Portugal followedBy Constitutional Governments of Portugal
linked to: XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal
XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal precededBy XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal