I Constitutional Government of Portugal

I Constitutional Government of Portugal
Cabinet of Portugal
Prime Minister Mário Soares
Date formed	23 July 1976 (1976-07-23)
Date dissolved	23 January 1978 (1978-01-23)
People and organisations
President of the Republic	António Ramalho Eanes
Prime Minister	Mário Soares
Member party	Socialist Party (PS)
Status in legislature	Minority government
Opposition parties	Democratic People's Party (PPD) Democratic and Social Center (CDS) Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Popular Democratic Union (UDP)
History
Election	1976 Portuguese legislative election (25 April 1976)
Predecessor	VI Provisional Government of Portugal
Successor	II Constitutional Government of Portugal

The I Constitutional Government of Portugal (Portuguese: I Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the first non-provisional government of the Third Portuguese Republic, following the promulgation of the new Constitution of Portugal in April 1976. It had Mário Soares as the Prime Minister and lasted from 23 July 1976 to 23 January 1978.^[1]