Ministry of State Reform

The Ministry of State Reform is s a Portuguese government ministry, firstly created in 1978 by the II Constitutional Government, having had several designations ever since.

It is responsible for coordinating public administration reform policies with a view to modernising and reducing bureaucracy.

Currently, it is led by Gonçalo Saraiva Matias.

Name

The ministry has been created with different names throughout history:

• Ministry of Administrative Reform – 30 January 1978 to 9 June 1983
• Ministry of State Reform and Public Administration– 25 October 1999 to 6 April 2002
• Ministry of Administrative Modernization – 30 October 2015 to 26 October 2019
• Ministry of State Modernization and Public Administration – 26 October 2019 to 30 March 2022
• Ministry of Modernization – 2 April 2024 to 5 June 2025
• Ministry of State Reform – 5 June 2025 to present

List of Ministers

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