The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports () is a Portuguese government ministry, created in June 2025 by the XXV Constitutional Government as a merger of the previous Ministries of Culture and Youth and Modernisation. Currently, it is led by Margarida Balseiro Lopes.
It is dedicated to the design, development, execution and assessment of the cultural national policy, as well as managing policies related to youth and sports.
As all other ministers, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports is part of the Council of Ministers.
List of ministers #PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePartyPrime Minister1Eduardo Silva Correia(1915–1991)16 May 197417 July 1974Ind.Adelino da Palma Carlos2Vitorino Magalhães Godinho(1918–2011)17 July 197429 November 1974Ind.Vasco Gonçalves3Vasco Gonçalves(1921–2005)29 November 19744 December 1974Ind.4Manuel Rodrigues de Carvalho(1929–1999)4 December 197426 March 1975Ind.5José Emílio da Silva(1940–2024)26 March 197519 September 1975Ind.–Vacant officeAs Secretary of State:- David Mourão-Ferreira (1975–1978)19 September 197530 January 1978José Pinheiro de AzevedoMário Soares6Mário Sottomayor Cardia(1941–2006)30 January 197829 August 1978PS7Carlos Lloyd Braga(1928–1997)29 August 197822 November 1978Ind.Alfredo Nobre da Costa–Vacant officeAs Secretary of State:- David Mourão-Ferreira (1978–1979)22 November 19781 August 1979Carlos Mota Pinto8Adérito Sedas Nunes(1928–1991)1 August 19793 January 1980Ind.Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo–Vacant officeAs Secretary of State:- António Braz Teixeira (1981)3 January 19804 September 1981Francisco Sá CarneiroDiogo Freitas do AmaralFrancisco Pinto Balsemão9Francisco Lucas Pires(1944–1998)4 September 19819 June 1983CDS10António Coimbra Martins(1927–2021)9 June 19836 November 1985PSMário Soares11João de Deus Pinheiro(b. 1945)6 November 198517 August 1987PSDAníbal Cavaco Silva–Vacant officeAs Secretary of State:- Teresa Gouveia (1987–1990)- Pedro Santana Lopes (1990–1994)- Manuel Frexes (1994–1995)17 August 198728 October 199512Manuel Maria Carrilho(b. 1951)28 October 199512 July 2000PSAntónio Guterres13José Sasportes(b. 1937)12 July 20003 July 2001PS14Augusto Santos Silva(b. 1956)3 July 20016 April 2002PS15Pedro Roseta(b. 1943)6 April 200217 June 2004PSDJosé Durão Barroso16Maria João Bustorff(b. 1950)17 June 200412 March 2005PSDPedro Santana Lopes17Isabel Pires de Lima(b. 1950)12 March 200530 January 2008Ind.José Sócrates18José Pinto Ribeiro(b. 1946)30 January 200826 October 2009PS19Gabriela Canavilhas(b. 1961)26 October 200921 June 2011PS–Vacant officeAs Secretary of State- Francisco José Viegas (2011–2012)- Jorge Barreto Xavier (2012–2015)21 June 201130 October 2015Pedro Passos Coelho20Teresa Morais(b. 1959)30 October 201526 November 2015PSD21João Soares(b. 1949)26 November 201514 April 2016PSAntónio Costa22Luís Filipe Castro Mendes(b. 1950)14 April 201615 October 2018Ind.23Graça Fonseca(b. 1971)15 October 201830 March 2022PS24Pedro Adão e Silva(b. 1974)30 March 20222 April 2024PS25Dalila Rodrigues(b. 1961)2 April 20245 June 2025Ind.Luís Montenegro26Margarida Balseiro Lopes(b. 1989)5 June 2025IncumbentPSD
By time in office NameTime in officeDurationManuel Maria Carrilho1995–2000Graça Fonseca2018–2022Isabel Pires de Lima2005–2008Luís Filipe Castro Mendes2016–2018António Coimbra Martins1983–1985Pedro Roseta2002–2004João de Deus Pinheiro1985–1987Pedro Adão e Silva2022–2024Francisco Lucas Pires1981–1983José Pinto Ribeiro2008–2009Gabriela Canavilhas2009–2011Margarida Balseiro Lopes2025–presentDalila Rodrigues2024–2025José Sasportes2000–2001Augusto Santos Silva2001–2002Maria João Bustorff2004–2005Mário Sottomayor Cardia1978José Emílio da Silva1975João Soares2015–2016Vitorino Magalhães Godinho1974Manuel Rodrigues de Carvalho1974–1975Carlos Lloyd Braga1978Eduardo Silva Correia1974Teresa Morais2015Vasco Gonçalves1974
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