Rui Machete

Portuguese politician

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2013–2015Minister of Foreign Affairs2013–2015Minister of State1985–1985Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal1985–1985Minister of National Defence1983–1985Minister of Justice1976–1976Minister of Social Affairs Personal detailsBorn (1940-04-07) 7 April 1940 (age 84)
Setúbal, Portugal^[1]Political partySocial Democratic PartySpouseMaria Fernanda Ferreira PenaChildren3Alma materUniversity of Lisbon

Rui Manuel Parente Chancerelle de Machete (born 7 April 1940)^[2] is a Portuguese politician. Machete served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1976 to 1979, Minister of Justice from 1983 to 1985, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense in 1985, and Minister of State and Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2015.^[3]^[4]^[1] He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in 1985.^[2]

Honours

National

Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ (15 June 1988)^[5]

Foreign

Mexico: Sash of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (15 September 2015)^[6]
Yugoslavia: Order of the Yugoslav Flag with Golden Wreath (9 July 1976)^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rui Machete". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Rui Manuel Parente Chancerelle de Machete". psd.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "NOVO GOVERNO: Rui Machete é ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros" (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ Marques, Christopher (24 November 2015). "António Costa indigitado: a lista dos novos ministros de Portugal" (in Portuguese). Radio and Television of Portugal. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS PORTUGUESAS".
^ ^a ^b "ENTIDADES NACIONAIS AGRACIADAS COM ORDENS ESTRANGEIRAS".

19th Constitutional Government of Portugal

Prime Minister

Pedro Passos Coelho

Deputy Prime Minister

Paulo Portas (2013–2015)

Ministers

State and Finance	Vítor Gaspar (2011–2013) Maria Luís Albuquerque (2013–2015)
State and Foreign Affairs	Paulo Portas (2011–2013) Rui Machete (2013–2015)
National Defence	José Pedro Aguiar Branco (2011–2015)
Internal Administration	Miguel Macedo (2011–2014) Anabela Rodrigues (2014–2015)
Justice	Paula Teixeira da Cruz (2011–2015)
Economy	Álvaro Santos Pereira (2011–2013) António Pires de Lima (2013–2015)
Agriculture and Sea	Assunção Cristas (2011–2015)
Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy	Jorge Moreira da Silva (2013–2015)
Health	Paulo Macedo (2011–2015)
Education and Science	Nuno Crato (2011–2015)
Solidarity, Employment and Social Security	Pedro Mota Soares (2011–2015)
Parliamentary Affairs	Miguel Relvas (2011–2013) Luís Marques Guedes (2013–2015)
Adjunct and Regional Development	Luís Poiares Maduro (2013–2015)

20th Constitutional Government of Portugal

Prime Minister

Pedro Passos Coelho

Deputy Prime Minister

Paulo Portas

Ministers

State and Finance	Maria Luís Albuquerque (2015)
State and Foreign Affairs	Rui Machete (2015)
National Defence	José Pedro Aguiar Branco (2015)
Internal Administration	João Calvão da Silva (2015)
Justice	Fernando Negrão (2015)
Parliamentary Affairs	Carlos Costa Neves (2015)
Presidency and Regional Development	Luís Marques Guedes (2015)
Economy	Miguel Morais Leitão (2015)
Agriculture and Sea	Assunção Cristas (2015)
Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy	Jorge Moreira da Silva (2015)
Health	Fernando Leal da Costa (2015)
Education and Science	Margarida Mano (2015)
Solidarity, Employment and Social Security	Pedro Mota Soares (2015)
Administrative Modernization	Rui Medeiros (2015)
Culture, Equality and Citizenship	Teresa Morais (2015)