Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Portugal)

Ministry of Maritime Affairs
Ministério do Mar
Ministry overview
Formed 1736 (1736)
Jurisdiction Government of Portugal
Headquarters Lisbon
Minister responsible
  • Ana Paula Vitorino, Minister of Maritime Affairs
Child Ministry

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs (Portuguese: Ministra do Mar), formerly Ministry of Navy (Ministério da Marinha) is a Portuguese government ministry. It is responsible for both the Portuguese Navy and all civilian maritime matters. Until 1911, it also was responsible for the management of the Portuguese overseas territories.

History

The ministry was created in 1736, as the Secretariat of State of the Navy and of the Overseas Affairs (Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios da Marinha e do Ultramar). In the second half of the 19th century, it became mainly referred to as the Ministry of Navy and of the Overseas. In 1911, it became simply the Navy Ministry, as the Overseas affairs came under a separate Government department.

Its extinction began in 1974, following the Carnation Revolution, but it was only abolished in 1982 when it was integrated into the Ministry of National Defence (Ministério da Defesa Nacional). Part of the non-military roles of the former Navy Ministry (like fisheries and merchant marine affairs) were assigned to other ministries.

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