The Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security ( pt, Ministério do Trabalho, Solidariedade e Segurança Social or ''MTSS'') is a Portuguese

government ministry Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Энцикло� ...

. The ministry has changed the breadth of its responsibilities under various governmentsfor the purposes of this article, the focus is the core responsibility for "Labour", which has been termed "Employment" under some mandates, as responsibility for "Social Security" has been separated out in some mandates. The Portuguese term ''Solidariedade'' is roughly equivalent to "Technical or Vocational Training", ensuring that citizens have the "Qualification"s (a term also used) for employment in the trades. (see Solidarity (Polish trade union),

Solidarity (South African trade union) Solidarity ( af, Solidariteit) is a South African trade union that negotiates on behalf of its members and attempts to protect workers' rights. Although the union is often involved in issues of political import, it does not align or formall ...

Solidarity (British trade union) Solidarity is a United Kingdom trade union formed in late 2005 by the British National Party (BNP). It is named after the Polish trade union ''Solidarność'', and its logo (which it has trademarked) is also inspired by that of the Polish union. ...

) The current Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security in the XXII Constitutional Government is Ana Mendes Godinho, since 26 October 2019.

List of ministers

* Francisco Marcelo Curto (1976–1977), Minister of Labour * António Maldonado Gonelha (1977–1978), Minister of Labour * António da Costa Leal (1978), Minister of Labour * Eusébio Marques de Carvalho (1978–1979), Minister of Labour * Jorge Sá Borges (1979–1980), Minister of Labour * Eusébio Marques de Carvalho (1980–1981), Minister of Labour * Henrique Nascimento Rodrigues (1981), Minister of Labour * António Queirós Martins (1981–1982), Minister of Labour * Luís Morales (1982–1983), Minister of Labour * Amândio de Azevedo (1983–1985), Minister of Labour and Social Security * Luís Mira Amaral (1985–1987), Minister of Labour and Social Security *

José Albino Silva Peneda José Albino da Silva Peneda (born 6 June 1950) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party– People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group. ...

(1987–1993), Minister for Employment and Social Security * José Falcão e Cunha (1993–1995), Minister for Employment and Social Security * Maria João Rodrigues (1995–1997), Minister for Qualification and Employment * Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (1997–2001), Minister of Labour and Solidarity * Paulo Pedroso (2001–2002), Minister of Labour and Solidarity *

António Bagão Félix António José de Castro Bagão Félix (born 9 April 1948) is a Portuguese economist and politician. Education Bagão Félix received his university degree in Finance from the Technical University of Lisbon's ISEG, formerly known as ISCEF ( ...

(2002–2004), Minister of Social Security and Labour *

Álvaro Barreto Álvaro Barreto (1 January 1936 – 10 February 2020) was a Portuguese politician and engineer, and a member of the Social Democratic Party. From 1978 to 2005, he occupied various government ministry offices. Biography Barreto obtained his licens ...

(2004–2005), Minister of State, Economic Activities and Labour *

José António Vieira da Silva José António da Fonseca Vieira da Silva (born 14 February 1953) is a Portuguese politician and a member of the Socialist Party. He served as Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security from 2015 to 2019 under Prime Minister António ...

(2005–2009), Minister of Labour and Social Security * Helena André (2009–2011), Minister of Labour and Social Security *

Pedro Mota Soares Luís Pedro Russo da Mota Soares (born 29 May 1974) is a Portuguese politician. He was the Portuguese Solidarity, Employment and Social Security Minister from 2011 to 2015 under Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos ...

(2011–2015) **2011–2013, Minister of Solidarity and Social Security **2013–2015, Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security *

(2015–2019), Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security * Ana Mendes Godinho (incumbent, 2019–), Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security

External links

* Labor in Portugal

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