Follow the labelled direction of each relationship. Accountability, appointment, membership and independence have different meanings. Officially published evidence retains its legal and date limits; current applicability is shown separately.
Conselho de MinistrosAccountable to →Assembleia da República
Constitutional/political accountability, not administrative reports_to.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The Council answers to the President and Assembly for internal and external policy and accounts for its activities under law.
Evidence location: Responsabilidade; first paragraph
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Conselho de MinistrosAccountable to →Presidente da República
Constitutional/political accountability, not administrative reports_to.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The Council answers to the President and Assembly for internal and external policy and accounts for its activities under law.
Evidence location: Responsabilidade; first paragraph
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Ministérios e outras instituições governamentaisCoordinated by →Primeiro-Ministro
Group-level coordination; individual offices are not automatically matched or assigned reports_to.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The Prime Minister coordinates and controls ministry and other government institution activities.
Evidence location: Competências do Primeiro-Ministro; paragraph 2, penultimate bullet
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Conselho de MinistrosHeaded by →Presidente da República
Institutional presiding role only; this does not assign personal reporting lines.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The composition section identifies the President as the person who presides over the Council.
Evidence location: Definição e Composição; Composição
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Membros do Conselho de MinistrosResponsible to →Presidente da República
The source defines a scoped responsibility of a group of offices, not named individual reporting lines.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
Council members answer to the President and Prime Minister for implementing Council decisions within their areas.
Evidence location: Responsabilidade; second paragraph
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Membros do Conselho de MinistrosResponsible to →Primeiro-Ministro
The source defines a scoped responsibility of a group of offices, not named individual reporting lines.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
Council members answer to the President and Prime Minister for implementing Council decisions within their areas.
Evidence location: Responsabilidade; second paragraph
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.
Funcionamento técnico-administrativo do Conselho de MinistrosSupervised by →Primeiro-Ministro
Scope is the Council’s technical-administrative operation, not its political headship.
Effective dates not established. Current legal applicability has not been fully verified.
Relationship evidence and review
The Prime Minister supervises the technical-administrative operation of the Council.
Evidence location: Competências do Primeiro-Ministro; paragraph 2, final bullet
Dataset: Africa API reviewed official government evidence (opens in a new tab) · Edition reviewed-2026-09-17
Attribution: Africa API review of public government office facts. Original issuing institutions, source URLs and evidence locators accompany each record. Source prose, images and logos retain their original rights; these are not licensed by this factual compilation.
Licence: Factual observations; no blanket source licence asserted
Retrieved 18 Sept 2026. Dataset publication: Date unknown.
- A live official page can be stale; its retrieval date is not an appointment date or independent confirmation of current service.
- Dated events retain their event types. Appointment, effective appointment and swearing-in are not interchangeable.
- Relationships preserve accountability, appointment and reporting distinctions; no universal president-rooted hierarchy is asserted.
- Missing names, exact dates, portraits and identity matches are not invented.