Plenary

The National Council of Education has the following composition:
 1 Ana Maria Bettencourt  President (elected by the Portuguese Parliament)
 2 Rosalina Maria Barbosa Martins  Representative of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party (PS)
 3 José Manuel de Albuquerque Portocarrero Canavarro  Representative of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Party (PSD)
 4 António José Carlos Pinho  Representative of the Parliamentary Group of the People’s Party (CDS/PP)
 5 Maria do Rosário de Brito Nunes Barros  Representative of the Parliamentary Group of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
 6 Antero de Oliveira Resende  Representative of the Parliamentary Group of the Greens Party (PEV)
 7 Maria Cecília Vicente Duarte Honório  Representative of the Parliamentary Group of the Left Block Party (BE)
 8 Teresa Maria Sena de Vasconcelos   Appointed by the Government
 9 Maria José de Araújo Martins  Appointed by the Government
 10 Berta Sousa Furtado Fontes Macedo  Appointed by the Government
 11 Maria Rosalia Vargas Esteves Lopes da Mota  Appointed by the Government
 12 Maria José Rodrigues Rau Pinto da Silva  Appointed by the Government
 13 Maria Armandina Costa Soares  Appointed by the Government
 14 Armando Trigo de Abreu  Appointed by the Government
 15 Jorge Moreira de Sousa   Appointed by the Regional Assembly of the Autonomous  Region of Madeira
 16 Vitor Rui Bettencourt Dores  Appointed by Regional Assembly of the Autonomous  Region of Azores
 17

António Manuel Viana Afonso

 		  Appointed by the Committee for Regional Coordination and Development of Alentejo (CCDR ALT)
 18 Nuno Ribeiro de Matos Venade  Appointed by the Committee for Regional Coordination and Development of the Algarve (CCDR ALG)
19     Appointed by the  Committee for Regional Coordination and Development of Lisbon and Tagus Valley (CCDR LVT)
 20 Paula Cristina Novais Pereira dos Santos  Appointed by the Northern Committee for Regional Coordination and Development  (CCDR NORTE)
 21 Rui Manuel Missa Jacinto  Appointed by  Committee for Regional Coordination and Development of the Centre (CCDR CENTRO)
 22 Maria Gabriela Tsukamoto  Appointed by the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities
 23 Paulo Alexandre Caldas  Appointed by the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities
 24 António Manuel Bensabat Rendas  Appointed by the Council of Rectors of the Portuguese Universities
 25 Fernando Manuel Ramôa Cardoso Ribeiro  Appointed by the Council of Rectors of the Portuguese Universities
 26  Luís Manuel Vicente Ferreira  Appointed by the Coordinating Council of Polytechnical Institutes
 27 Conceição Maria Antunes de Sousa Appointed by the Public Institutions of Non-Higher Education 
 28  Maria Luisa Lourenço Pereira  Appointed by the Public Institutions of Non-Higher Education
 29 Carlos Alberto Alvarez de Faria e Chagas  Appointed by the Labour Union Organisations (UGT)
 30 Maria do Carmo Tavares Ramos  Appointed by the Labour Union Organisations (CGTPIN)
 31 Pedro Augusto Benrós d'Almeida Freire   Appointed by the Employer Organizations (Portuguese Confederation of Trade and Services - CCP)
 32 Daniel Soares de Oliveira  Appointed by the Employer Organizations (Portuguese Confederation of Industry - CIP)
 33 Domingos Xavier Filomeno Carlos Viegas  Appointed by the Parents Associations  (FNAPEC)
34  Albino Pinto de Almeida  Appointed by the Parents Associations  (CONFAP)
 35 Paulo Oliveira Sucena  Appointed by the Association of Teacher’s Labour Unions (FENPROF)
 36 Maria Arminda Rodrigues Leite Ginja Bragança de Miranda  Appointed by the Association of Teacher’s Labour Unions (FNE)
 37    Appointed by the Students’ Association of Secondary Education
 38 Jorge Miguel Camões Serrote Appointed by the Students’ Association of University Education 
 39 Edgar Filipe Lima Romão   Appointed by the Students’ Association of Polytechnical Education
 40 Mário Rui da Silva Mota  Appointed by the Worker-Student Associations
 41 Paulo Emanuel Talhadas Ferreira da Fonseca  Appointed by the Scientific Associations (FEPASC - Portuguese Federation of Scientific Associations and Societies)
 42 Jorge Miguel Luz Marques da Silva  Appointed by the Scientific Associations (FEPASC - Portuguese Federation of Scientific Associations and Societies)
43  Ludgero Paulo Nobre Leote   Appointed by the Pedagogic Associations
44  Maria Zélia Caldeira de Geraldes Nunes  Appointed by the Pedagogic Associations
 45 Patricia Namorado da Costa Viegas do Nascimento   Appointed by the Cultural Foundations and Associations (Portuguese Foundations Centre)
 46 Maria Marques Calado de Albuquerque Gomes  Appointed by the Cultural Foundations and Associations (National Centre of Culture)
 47 João José Pires Duarte Redondo  Appointed by the Associations of Private and Cooperative Education (Higher Education)
 48 João Carlos Cordero Galhardo Muñoz de Oliveira  Appointed by the Associations of Private and Cooperative Education (Non Higher Education)
 49 Cátia Sofia Santos Lapeiro  Appointed by the National Youth Council
 50 André Tiago Pardal da Silva  Appointed by the National Youth Council
 51 Querubim José Pereira da Silva  Appointed by the Portuguese Episcopal Conference
 52 Adriano Moreira  Co-opted by the National Council of Education
 53 Bártolo Paiva Campos  Co-opted by the National Council of Education
 54 Sérgio Niza  Co-opted by the National Council of Education
 55 Joaquim Azevedo  Co-opted by the National Council of Education
 56 Maria Emília Brederode Santos  Co-opted by the National Council of Education
 57 Maria Helena Nazaré  Co-opted by the National Council of Education
 58 José Adriano Rodrigues Barata-Moura   Co-opted by the National Council of Education
 59 Nuno Gonçalo Vieira Matias  Appointed by the Lisbon Academy of Science
 60 Miguel Maria Santos Corrêa Monteiro  Appointed by the Portuguese Academy of History
 61 José Augusto de Brito Pacheco  Appointed by the Portuguese Society of Education Sciences
 62 Maria Teresa Valente Pinto  Appointed by the Women Non-Governmental Organisations
 63 Carlos Maurício Gonçalves Barbosa  Appointed by the National Council of Liberal Professions
 64 António Pinto de Matos  Appointed by the National Confederation of Institutions of Solidarity
 65 Francisco Ventura Ramos  Appointed by the National Institute of Administration
 66 Francisco Caneira Madelino Appointed by the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training  
 67 José Luís Diogo de Azevedo Presa  Appointed by the Association of Vocational Schools - ANESPO
 68 Arsélio Pato de Carvalho  Appointed by the Council of Associated Laboratories (CLA)