Ministry of Home Affairs (Portugal)

Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministério da Administração Interna
	Logo of the ministry
	Flag of the minister
	Headquarters of the ministry in Lisbon
Ministry overview
Formed	28 June 1736; 290 years ago
Preceding Ministry	Secretariat of State for the Interior Affairs of the Kingdom; Ministry of the Kingdom; Ministry of the Interior; ;
Type	Interior ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Portugal
Headquarters	Praça do Comércio East Wing, Lisbon, Portugal; 38°42′29.556″N 9°8′6.8784″W / 38.70821000°N 9.135244000°W
Minister responsible	Luís Neves, Minister of Home Affairs;
Ministry executives	Telmo Correia, Secretary of State for Home Affairs; Rui Rocha, Secretary of State for Civil Protection;
Child agencies	National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection [pt]; Polícia de Segurança Pública;
Website	portugal.gov.pt

The Ministry of Home Affairs,^[1]^[a] is the Portuguese government ministry responsible for public security, civil defense, electoral administration, road traffic safety, and immigration and refugee affairs.

The current minister is Luís Neves^[2], 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.^[3]

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,^[b] later being known simply as the Ministry of the Kingdom.^[c]

In 1910, after the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic, the ministry was renamed Ministry of the Interior.^[d] In 1974, after the Carnation Revolution, it was again renamed, becoming the Ministry of Home Affairs.

List of Ministers (since 1974)

Colour key (for political parties)
Social Democratic Party (PSD) Socialist Party (PS) Democratic and Social Center (CDS) Independent (Ind.)

#	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Joaquim Magalhães Mota (1935–2007)	16 May 1974	17 July 1974	PPD	Adelino da Palma Carlos
2	Manuel da Costa Braz (1934–2019)	17 July 1974	26 March 1975	Ind.	Vasco Gonçalves
3	António Arnão Metelo (1938–2008)	26 March 1975	8 August 1975	Ind.
4	Alfredo Cândido de Moura (b. 1937)	8 August 1975	19 September 1975	Ind.
5	Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932–2010)	19 September 1975	23 July 1976	Ind.	José Pinheiro de Azevedo
6	Manuel da Costa Braz (1934–2019)	23 July 1976	30 January 1978	Ind.	Mário Soares
7	Alberto Oliveira e Silva (1924–2011)	30 January 1978	27 February 1978	PS
8	Jaime Gama (b. 1947)	27 February 1978	29 August 1978	PS
9	António Gonçalves Ribeiro (b. 1933)	29 August 1978	1 August 1979	Ind.	Alfredo Nobre da Costa
9	António Gonçalves Ribeiro (b. 1933)	29 August 1978	1 August 1979	Ind.	Carlos Mota Pinto
10	Manuel da Costa Braz (1934–2019)	1 August 1979	3 January 1980	Ind.	Maria Lourdes Pintasilgo
11	Eurico de Melo (1925–2012)	3 January 1980	9 January 1981	PSD	Francisco Sá Carneiro
11	Eurico de Melo (1925–2012)	3 January 1980	9 January 1981	PSD	Diogo Freitas do Amaral
12	Fernando Amaral (1925–2009)	9 January 1981	4 September 1981	PSD	Francisco Pinto Balsemão
13	Ângelo Correia (b. 1945)	4 September 1981	9 June 1983	PSD	Francisco Pinto Balsemão
14	Eduardo Pereira (1927–2015)	9 June 1983	6 November 1985	PS	Mário Soares
15	Eurico de Melo (1925–2012)	6 November 1985	17 August 1987	PSD	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
16	José Silveira Godinho (b. 1943)	17 August 1987	5 January 1990	PSD
17	Manuel Pereira (b. 1928)	5 January 1990	31 October 1991	PSD
18	Manuel Dias Loureiro (b. 1951)	31 October 1991	28 October 1995	PSD
19	Alberto Costa (b. 1947)	28 October 1995	25 November 1997	PS	António Guterres
20	Jorge Coelho (1954–2021)	25 November 1997	25 October 1999	PS
21	Fernando Gomes (b. 1946)	25 October 1999	14 September 2000	PS
22	Nuno Severiano Teixeira (b. 1957)	14 September 2000	6 April 2002	PS
23	António Figueiredo Lopes (b. 1936)	6 April 2002	17 June 2004	PSD	José Manuel Durão Barroso
24	Daniel Sanches (b. 1949)	17 June 2004	12 March 2005	PSD	Pedro Santana Lopes
25	António Costa (b. 1961)	12 March 2005	17 May 2007	PS	José Sócrates
26	Rui Pereira (b. 1956)	17 May 2007	21 June 2011	PS	José Sócrates
27	Miguel Macedo (1959–2025)	21 June 2011	19 November 2014	PSD	Pedro Passos Coelho
28	Anabela Rodrigues (b. 1953)	19 November 2014	30 October 2015	Ind.
29	João Calvão da Silva (1952–2018)	30 October 2015	26 November 2015	PSD
30	Constança Urbano de Sousa (b. 1967)	26 November 2015	18 October 2017	PS	António Costa
31	Eduardo Cabrita (b. 1961)	18 October 2017	4 December 2021	PS
32	Francisca Van Dunem (b. 1955)	4 December 2021	30 March 2022	Ind.
33	José Luís Carneiro (b. 1971)	30 March 2022	2 April 2024	PS
34	Margarida Blasco (b. 1956)	2 April 2024	5 June 2025	Ind.	Luís Montenegro
35	Maria Lúcia Amaral (b. 1957)	5 June 2025	11 February 2026	Ind.
36	Luís Montenegro (b. 1973)	11 February 2026	23 February 2026	PSD
37	Luís Neves (b. 1965)	23 February 2026	Incumbent	Ind.