VI Constitutional Government of Portugal
VI Constitutional Government of Portugal | |
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Cabinet of Portugal | |
Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro | |
| Date formed | 3 January 1980 |
| Date dissolved | 9 January 1981 |
| People and organisations | |
| President of the Republic | António Ramalho Eanes |
| Prime Minister | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| Vice Prime Minister | Diogo Freitas do Amaral |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature | Majority coalition government |
| Opposition parties |
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| History | |
| Elections | 1979 Portuguese legislative election (2 December 1979) 1980 Portuguese legislative election (5 October 1980) |
| Predecessor | V Constitutional Government of Portugal |
| Successor | VII Constitutional Government of Portugal |
The VI Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: VI Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the sixth government of the Third Portuguese Republic, in office from 3 January 1980 to 9 January 1981. It was formed by a centre-right coalition between the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Democratic and Social Center (CDS) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), which ran together in the 1979 and 1980 legislative elections as the Democratic Alliance (AD). Francisco Sá Carneiro, leader of the PSD, was the Prime Minister, and Diogo Freitas do Amaral, leader of the CDS, was Vice Prime Minister.
On 4 December 1980, Sá Carneiro and the Minister of National Defense Adelino Amaro da Costa were killed in an air crash in Camarate, shortly after the plane carrying them took off from the Lisbon Airport. Following the disaster, Freitas do Amaral acted as interim Prime Minister until the dissolution of the government on 9 January 1981.