Cabinet of Belmonte

The Cabinet of Belmonte (Luzelese: Gabinete Ministerial de Belmonte), officially the Council of Ministers of the United Republic of Belmonte (Luzelese: Conselho de Ministros da República Unida de Belmonte), is the collegial decision-making body of the Belmontese Government, being presided by the premier who draws its members from the National Congress. The cabinet forms, alongside the offices of premier and president, the executive branch of the Belmontese Government.

Functions

According to the Constitution, the Cabinet is the official executive collective decision-making body of Belmonte under a primus inter pares system, however, ever since the late-20th century, the officer of premier has total preeminence over the cabinet, having total control of his or her ministers and agenda.

Cabinet

Current cabinet

Main articles: Rita Maurino and Government of Belmonte

Party key		Social Democratic Party
		Socialist Bloc
		Green Party
		Independent

Ministry	Incumbent		Term
Premier		Rita Maurino	05 May, 2015 – present
Secretary of Finances and the Treasury		Sérgio Precea	23 July, 2017 – present
Secretary of Foreign Affairs		Graça Fonseca	05 May, 2015 – present
Secretary of Justice and Public Security		Patrício Buarque	23 July, 2017 – present
Secretary of Defence		Henrique Menzi	08 August, 2018 – present
Secretary of Education		Catarina Barbalho	05 May, 2015 – present
Secretary of Health		Ricardo Tavares	03 April, 2016 – present
Secretary of Science		Suzana Bittencourt	27 May, 2018 – present
Secretary of Technology		Clarisse de Pádua	05 May, 2020 – present
Secretary of Sports		Lúcia Machado	05 May, 2015 – present
Secretary of Culture		Bruno Costa	05 May, 2015 – present
Secretary of Environmental Affairs		Amélia Bastos	05 May, 2020 – present
Secretary of Agriculture		Amélia de Castro	05 May, 2020 – present
Secretary of Citizenship, Women and Human Rights		Maria Santana	04 August, 2018 – present
Secretary of Pensions and Social Care		Antônio Mendes	05 May, 2015 – present
Secretary of Labour		Zacarias Cruz	23 March, 2019 – present
Secretary of Tourism		João Borges	05 May, 2015 – present
Secretary of Infrastructure and Energy		Lourenço Pontes	05 May, 2020 – present
Secretary of Waters and Ports		Tasso Cardoso	05 May, 2015 – present

Shadow cabinet

Main article: Shadow Cabinet of Belmonte

Although not being an official institution, it's a political convention that the biggest opposition party establish a shadow cabinet formed by party spokespersons that cover certain government areas, with the first party to do so being the URN during its wilderness years. Over time, third parties also started to form their cabinets, becoming a common practice since then.

See also

Government of Belmonte Premier of Belmonte National Congress of Belmonte Politics of Belmonte