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) Colour key #PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePartyPrime Minister1Joaquim Magalhães Mota(1935–2007)16 May 197417 July 1974PPDAdelino da Palma Carlos2Manuel da Costa Braz(1934–2019)17 July 197426 March 1975Ind.Vasco Gonçalves3António Arnão Metelo(1938–2008)26 March 19758 August 1975Ind.4Alfredo Cândido de Moura(b. 1937)8 August 197519 September 1975Ind.5Vasco de Almeida e Costa(1932–2010)19 September 197523 July 1976Ind.José Pinheiro de Azevedo6Manuel da Costa Braz(1934–2019)23 July 197630 January 1978Ind.Mário Soares7Alberto Oliveira e Silva(1924–2011)30 January 197827 February 1978PS8Jaime Gama(b. 1947)27 February 197829 August 1978PS9António Gonçalves Ribeiro(b. 1933)29 August 19781 August 1979Ind.Alfredo Nobre da CostaCarlos Mota Pinto10Manuel da Costa Braz(1934–2019)1 August 19793 January 1980Ind.Maria Lourdes Pintasilgo11Eurico de Melo(1925–2012)3 January 19809 January 1981PSDFrancisco Sá CarneiroDiogo Freitas do Amaral12Fernando Amaral(1925–2009)9 January 19814 September 1981PSDFrancisco Pinto Balsemão13Ângelo Correia(b. 1945)4 September 19819 June 1983PSD14Eduardo Pereira(1927–2015)9 June 19836 November 1985PSMário Soares15Eurico de Melo(1925–2012)6 November 198517 August 1987PSDAníbal Cavaco Silva16José Silveira Godinho(b. 1943)17 August 19875 January 1990PSD17Manuel Pereira(b. 1928)5 January 199031 October 1991PSD18Manuel Dias Loureiro(b. 1951)31 October 199128 October 1995PSD19Alberto Costa(b. 1947)28 October 199525 November 1997PSAntónio Guterres20Jorge Coelho(1954–2021)25 November 199725 October 1999PS21Fernando Gomes(b. 1946)25 October 199914 September 2000PS22Nuno Severiano Teixeira(b. 1957)14 September 20006 April 2002PS23António Figueiredo Lopes(b. 1936)6 April 200217 June 2004PSDJosé Manuel Durão Barroso24Daniel Sanches(b. 1949)17 June 200412 March 2005PSDPedro Santana Lopes25António Costa(b. 1961)12 March 200517 May 2007PSJosé Sócrates26Rui Pereira(b. 1956)17 May 200721 June 2011PS27Miguel Macedo(1959–2025)21 June 201119 November 2014PSDPedro Passos Coelho28Anabela Rodrigues(b. 1953)19 November 201430 October 2015Ind.29João Calvão da Silva(1952–2018)30 October 201526 November 2015PSD30Constança Urbano de Sousa(b. 1967)26 November 201518 October 2017PSAntónio Costa31Eduardo Cabrita(b. 1961)18 October 20174 December 2021PS32Francisca Van Dunem(b. 1955)4 December 202130 March 2022Ind.33José Luís Carneiro(b. 1971)30 March 20222 April 2024PS34Margarida Blasco(b. 1956)2 April 20245 June 2025Ind.Luís Montenegro35Maria Lúcia Amaral(b. 1957)5 June 202511 February 2026Ind.36Luís Montenegro(b. 1973)11 February 202623 February 2026PSD37Luís Neves(b. 1965)23 February 2026IncumbentInd.
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