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Prime Ministers of Portugal (1820-2020)

Focusing on the Prime Ministers of Portugal since the beginnings of the parliamentary regime institutionalized with the Liberal Revolution of 1820, this project aimed to present their biographies and the activities they undertook during their mandates. It also included a study on the creation of the position, competencies, and responsibilities in different historical periods, as well as their socio-professional characterization. Considering the time elapsed since the initially planned completion date of the project (2017), the study period was extended to include the incumbent Prime Minister at that time.

Simultaneously, information regarding former Prime Ministers was updated. With the collaboration of about thirty researchers, Imprensa Nacional (Portuguese official publisher) published the resulting work from the project in October 2021, in three volumes, totaling over three thousand pages.

Funding: Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, and CEPESE

Coordination: Fernando de Sousa; Conceição Meireles Pereira; Isilda Monteiro

Duration: 2014-2021