Minister of Foreign Affairs

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 João Gomes Cravinho. The following is a list of office holders since 1936: Ministers of Foreign Affairs 1936–1947: António de Oliveira Salazar 1947–1950: José Caeiro da Mata 1950–1956: Paulo Cunha (1st time) 1956–1957: Marcelo Caetano (1st time) 1957: Paulo Cunha (2nd time) 1957: Marcelo Caetano (2nd time) 1957–1958: Paulo Cunha (3rd time) 1958–1961: Marcello Mathias 1961–1969: Alberto Franco Nogueira 1969–1970: Marcelo Caetano (3rd time) 1970–1974: Rui Patrício 1974–1975: Mário Soares (1st time), 1st after the Carnation Revolution 1975: Ernesto Melo Antunes (1st time) 1975: Mário Ruivo 1975–1976: Ernesto Melo Antunes (2nd time) 1976–1977: José Medeiros Ferreira (1st time) 1977–1978: Mário Soares (2nd time) 1978: Victor de Sá Machado 1978: Carlos Correia Gago 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 de Gouveia 2004–2005: António Monteiro 2005–2006: Diogo Freitas do Amaral (2nd time) 2006–2011: Luís Amado 2011–2013: Paulo Portas 2013–2015: Rui Machete 2015–2022: Augusto Santos Silva 2022: António Costa 2022–present: João Gomes Cravinho References