List of Prime Ministers of Portugal



































Prime Minister of the
Portuguese Republic

Primeiro-ministro da
República Portuguesa


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António Costa (2014).jpg

Incumbent
António Costa

since 26 November 2015

Style
His/Her Excellency
Appointer
President of Portugal
Term length
Four years maximum. No term limits
Inaugural holder
Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Marquis of Palmela
Formation
24 September 1834
Website
portugal.gov.pt

























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The Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro da República Portuguesa) is the head of the country's Government. He/she coordinates the actions of all ministers, represents the Government as a whole, reports his actions and is accountable to the Assembly of the Republic, and keeps the President of the Republic informed.


There is no limit to the number of mandates as Prime Minister. He/she is appointed by the President of the Republic, after the legislative elections and after an audience with every leader of a party represented at the Assembly. It is usual for the leader of the party which receives a plurality of votes in the elections to be named Prime Minister.


The official residence of the Prime Minister is a mansion next to São Bento Palace, which, in confusion, is also often called "São Bento Palace", although many Prime Ministers didn't live in the palace during their full mandate.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Prime Ministers


    • 2.1 Constitutional Monarchy – Second Liberalism (1834–1910)


    • 2.2 First Republic (1910–1926)


    • 2.3 Second Republic (1926–1974)


    • 2.4 Third Republic (1974–present)




  • 3 Timeline


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


The origins of present office of Prime Minister of Portugal fall back to the beginning of the Portuguese Monarchy in the 12th century. Typically, a senior official of the King of Portugal prevailed over the others, ensuring the coordination of the administration of the Kingdom as a kind of prime minister. Throughout history, the prominent position fell successively on the Mayor of the Palace (Portuguese Mordomo-Mor), on the Chancellor (Chancellor-Mor), on the King's Private Secretary (Escrivão da Puridade) and on the Secretary of State (Secretário de Estado).


In 1736, three offices of secretary of state were created, with the Secretary of State of the Internal Affairs of the Kingdom (Secretário de Estado dos Negócios Interiores do Reino) occupying a prominent position over the others.


Since the 1820 Liberal Revolution of Porto, liberalism and parliamentarism were installed in the country. In the first liberal period, there were three to six secretaries of state with equal position in the hierarchy, but with the Secretary the Internal Affairs of the Kingdom (usually known by Minister of the Kingdom) continuing to occupy a prominent position. Occasionally there was a Minister Assistant to the Dispatch (Ministro Assistante ao Despacho), a coordinator of all secretaries of state, and with a post similar to that of a prime minister. After a brief absolutistic restoration, the second liberalism started. With the beginning of the Constitutional Monarchy, the office of President of the Council of Ministers (President do Conselho de Ministros) was created. The Presidents of the Council were clearly the heads of government of the Kingdom, holding the executive power that absolutistic monarchs had, but were restricted by the controlling power of a National Congress.


With the advent of the Republic in the 5 October 1910 revolution, the head of government was renamed President of the Ministry (President do Ministério). During this period the heads of government were under the strong power of the parliament and often fell due to parliamentary turmoils and social instability.


With the 28 May 1926 coup d'état, and eventually, after the formation of the Estado Novo quasi-fascist dictatorial regime of António de Oliveira Salazar, the Prime Minister was again named President of the Council of Ministers, and was nominally the most important figure in the country. First Salazar and then Marcello Caetano occupied this post for almost 42 years.


With the Carnation Revolution came the Prime Minister, which replaced the President of the Council.



Prime Ministers


The numbering of the Prime Ministers starts with the first President of the Council of Ministers of the constitutional monarchy. A second column is added after the establishment of the Republic, numbering the Prime Ministers from there to the present day. Another column is added for the numbering inside the three regimes: First Republic, the Second Republic and Third Republic, with a fourth column in the Second Republic to mark the numbering of Prime Ministers since the 1926 revolution that established the National Dictatorship and since the replacement of the National Dictatorship with the Salazarist Estado Novo. In the Third Republic, a fourth column is also used to distinguish the prime ministers of the provisional governments that existed during the period immediately following the Carnation Revolution of 1974 from the prime ministers that assumed office after the entry into force of Portugal's current democratic Constitution adopted 1976.


At the right hand side, a column indicates the official numbering of the Constitutional Governments. The numbering of the Constitutional Governments is not the same as the numbering of Prime Ministers since the Constitution because, whenever elections for a new Parliament take place, a new Constitutional Government is installed, even if the Prime Minister remains the same; however, there is also a change of Constitutional Government when the Prime Minister is replaced, even if in mid-Parliament. So, because some Prime Ministers managed to remain in office after fresh elections (thus serving as Prime Ministers under more than one Parliament), there are more Constitutional Governments than there are Prime Ministers.


The colors indicate the political affiliation of each Prime Minister.


  No party
  Chartist/Chamorro
  Chamorro
  Septemberist
  Regenerator
  Historic
  Reformist
  Regenerator/Historic
  Progressist
  Liberal Regenerator
  Republican
  Democratic
  National Republican/Sidonist
  Republican Liberal
  Reconstitution Party
  Nationalist Republican
  Democratic Leftwing Republican
  National Union/People's National Action
  Democratic Renewal Party
  Socialist
  Social Democratic/Democratic Alliance
  Democratic and Social Centre/Democratic Alliance



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#
Portrait
Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office

Electoral mandates
Political party
Government
Monarch
(Reign)

1

D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1º Duque de Palmela - Domingos Sequeira.jpg

Pedro de Sousa Holstein,
Marquis of Palmela
(1781–1850)

24 September
1834

4 May
1835

Chartist/"Chamorro"

1st Dev.

Maria II
Maria II Portugal 1829.jpg
and Fernando II
Ferdinand II, King Consort of Portugal 1861.jpg(1834–1853)

1834

Portugal's first official Prime Minister.

2

Conde de Linhares.jpg

Vitório Maria de Sousa Coutinho,
Count of Linhares
(1790–1857)

4 May
1835

27 May
1835
"Chamorro"

——

3

Saldanha.PNG

João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun,
Marquis of Saldanha
(1790–1876)

27 May
1835

18 November
1835
Independent

2nd Dev.

——

4

José Jorge Loureiro.jpg

José Jorge Loureiro
(1791–1860)

18 November
1835

20 April
1836
Independent

3rd Dev.

——

5

Retrato do Duque da Terceira.jpg

António José Severim de Noronha,
Duke of Terceira and Marquis of Vila Flor
(1792–1860)

20 April
1836

10 September
1836
"Chamorro"

4th Dev.

Jul.1836

September 1836 Revolution.

6

Conde de Lumiares.jpg

José da Gama Carneiro e Sousa,
Count of Lumiares
(1788–1849)

10 September
1836

4 November
1836

Septemberist

1st Set.

——
-

Jose castro.jpg

José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro,
Marquis of Valença and Count of Vimioso
(1780–1840)
(did not take office)

4 November
1836

5 November
1836
Independent

——

——

7

Sa da Bandeira.jpg

Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
Viscount of Sá da Bandeira
(1795–1876)

5 November
1836

1 June
1837

Septemberist

2nd Set.

Nov.1836

8

António Dias de Oliveira.jpg

António Dias de Oliveira
(1804–1863)

1 June
1837

2 August
1837

Septemberist

3rd Set.

——

Revolt of the Marshals.

9

Sa da Bandeira.jpg

Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
Viscount of Sá da Bandeira (2nd time)
(1795–1876)

2 August
1837

18 April
1839

Septemberist

4th Set.

1838

10

Barão de Ribeira de Sabrosa.jpg

Rodrigo Pinto Pizarro de Almeida Carvalhais,
Baron of Ribeira de Sabrosa
(1788–1841)

18 April
1839

26 November
1839

Septemberist

5th Set.

——

11

GP Conde de pd-bonfim.jpg

José Lúcio Travassos Valdez,
Count of Bonfim
(1787–1862)

26 November
1839

9 June
1841

Septemberist

6th Set.

1840

12

Joaquim António de Aguiar.jpg

Joaquim António de Aguiar
(1792–1884)

9 June
1841

7 February
1842

Septemberist

7th Set.

——

13

D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1º Duque de Palmela - Domingos Sequeira.jpg

Pedro de Sousa Holstein,
Marquis of Palmela (2nd time)
(1781–1850)

7 February
1842

9 February
1842

Independent

G.E.

——

14

Marquês de Tomar.jpg

António Bernardo da Costa Cabral,
Count of Tomar
(1803–1889)

9 February
1842

20 May
1846

Chartist

1st R. Cart.

1842, 1845

Revolution of Maria da Fonte.

15

D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1º Duque de Palmela - Domingos Sequeira.jpg

Pedro de Sousa Holstein,
Marquis of Palmela (3rd time)
(1781–1850)

20 May
1846

6 October
1846

Chartist

2nd R. Cart.

——

Emboscada palace coup.

16

Saldanha.PNG

João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun,
Duke of Saldanha (2nd time)
(1790–1876)

6 October
1846

18 June
1849

Chartist

3rd R. Cart.

1847

Patuleia or Little Civil War that resulted in a Chartist victory; Convention of Gramido.

17

Marquês de Tomar.jpg

António Bernardo da Costa Cabral,
Count of Tomar (2nd time)
(1803–1889)

18 June
1849

26 April
1851

Chartist

4th R. Cart.

——

18

Retrato do Duque da Terceira.jpg

António José Severim de Noronha,
Duke of Terceira and Marquis of Vila Flor (2nd time)
(1792–1860)

26 April
1851

1 May
1851

Regenerator

5th R. Cart.

——

19

Saldanha.PNG

João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun,
Duke of Saldanha (3rd time)
(1790–1876)

1 May
1851

6 June
1856

Regenerator

1st Reg.

1851, 1852

Pedro V
PedroV.jpg
(1853–1861)

Death of queen Maria II; Pedro V ascends the throne.

20

Duque de Loulé.jpg

Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto,
Duke of Loulé
(1804–1875)

6 June
1856

16 March
1859

Historic

2nd Reg.

1856, 1858

Opening of the first railway line in Portugal on 28 October 1856.

21

Retrato do Duque da Terceira.jpg

António José Severim de Noronha,
Duke of Terceira and Marquis of Vila Flor (3rd time)
(1792–1860)

16 March
1859

1 May
1860 (died)

Regenerator

3rd Reg.

1860

22

Joaquim António de Aguiar.jpg

Joaquim António de Aguiar (2nd time)
(1792–1884)

1 May
1860

4 July
1860

Regenerator

——

23

Duque de Loulé.jpg

Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto,
Duke of Loulé (2nd time)
(1804–1875)

4 July
1860

17 April
1865

Historic

4th Reg.

1861, 1864

Luis I
LodewijkPortugal.jpg
(1861–1889)

Death of king Pedro V; Luís I ascends the throne.

24

Sa da Bandeira.jpg

Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (3rd time)
(1795–1876)

17 April
1865

4 September
1865

Reformist

5th Reg.

——

25

Joaquim António de Aguiar.jpg

Joaquim António de Aguiar (3rd time)
(1792–1884)

4 September
1865

4 January
1868

Regenerator (with the Historic Party)

6th Reg.

1865, 1867

Janeirinha uprising.

26

Retrato do Duque d’Ávila e Bolama - Miguel Ângelo Lupi, 1880.png

António José de Ávila,
Duke of Ávila and Bolama
(1807–1881)

4 January
1868

22 July
1868
Independent
(with Reformists)

7th Reg.

——

27

Sa da Bandeira.jpg

Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (4th time)
(1795–1876)

22 July
1868

11 August
1869

Reformist

8th Reg.

1868, 1869

28

Duque de Loulé.jpg

Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto,
Duke of Loulé (3rd time)
(1804–1875)

11 August
1869

19 May
1870

Historic
(with Reformists)

9th Reg.

Mar.1870

29

Saldanha.PNG

João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun,
1st Duke of Saldanha (4th time)
(1790–1876)

19 May
1870

29 August
1870

Regenerator

10th Reg.

——

30

Sa da Bandeira.jpg

Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo,
Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (5th time)
(1795–1876)

29 August
1870

29 October
1870

Reformist

11th Reg.

Sep.1870

31

Retrato do Duque d’Ávila e Bolama - Miguel Ângelo Lupi, 1880.png

António José de Ávila,
Marquis of Ávila (2nd time)
(1807–1881)

29 October
1870

13 September
1871

Reformist

12th Reg.

1871

32

Fontes Pereira de Melo.jpg

António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo
(1819–1887)

13 September
1871

6 March
1877

Regenerator

13th Reg.

1874

Conducted dynamic industrial and public infrastructure policy; educational reform; start of industrialization process.

33

Retrato do Duque d’Ávila e Bolama - Miguel Ângelo Lupi, 1880.png

António José de Ávila,
Marquis of Ávila (3rd time)
(1807–1881)

6 March
1877

26 January
1878

Reformist

14th Reg.

——

34

Fontes Pereira de Melo.jpg

António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (2nd time)
(1819–1887)

26 January
1878

29 May
1879

Regenerator

15th Reg.

1878

35

Anselmo José Braamcamp de Almeida Castelo Branco.jpg

Anselmo José Braamcamp de Almeida Castelo Branco
(1817–1885)

29 May
1879

23 March
1881

Progressist

16th Reg.

1879

36

Rodrigues Sampaio.jpg

António Rodrigues Sampaio
(1806–1882)

23 March
1881

14 November
1881

Regenerator

17th Reg.

1881

37

Fontes Pereira de Melo.jpg

António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (3rd time)
(1819–1887)

14 November
1881

16 February
1886

Regenerator

1884

38

Luciano de Castro.jpg

José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real
(1834–1914)

16 February
1886

14 January
1890

Progressist

18th Reg.

1887, 1889

Carlos I
S.M.F. El-Rei D. Carlos I de Portugal.jpg
(1889–1908)

Pink Map crisis; Death of king Luís I; Carlos I ascends the throne; 1890 British Ultimatum.

39

Serpa Pimentel.jpg

António de Serpa Pimentel
(1825–1900)

14 January
1890

11 October
1890

Regenerator

19th Reg.

1890

40

Joao Crisostomo de Sousa.jpg

João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa
(1811–1895)

11 October
1890

18 January
1892
Independent

20th Reg.

——

January 31, 1891 rebellion in Porto.

41

José Dias Ferreira.jpg

José Dias Ferreira
(1837–1909)

18 January
1892

22 February
1893
Independent

21st Reg.

1892

42

Hintze Ribeiro.jpg

Ernesto Rudolfo Hintze Ribeiro
(1849–1907)

22 February
1893

5 February
1897

Regenerator

22nd Reg.

1894, 1895

43

Luciano de Castro.jpg

José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real (2nd time)
(1834–1914)

5 February
1897

26 July
1900

Progressist

23rd Reg.

1897, 1899

44

Hintze Ribeiro.jpg

Ernesto Rudolfo Hintze Ribeiro (2nd time)
(1849–1907)

26 July
1900

20 October
1904

Regenerator

24th Reg.

1900, 1901, 1904

45

Luciano de Castro.jpg

José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real (3rd time)
(1834–1914)

20 October
1904

19 March
1906

Progressist

25th Reg.

1905

46

Hintze Ribeiro.jpg

Ernesto Rudolfo Hintze Ribeiro (3rd time)
(1849–1907)

19 March
1906

19 May
1906

Regenerator

26th Reg.

Apr.1906

47

O conselheiro João Franco, último presidente do Conselho de Dom Carlos.png

João Ferreira Franco Pinto Castelo-Branco
(1855–1929)

19 May
1906

4 February
1908

Liberal Regenerator

27th Reg.

Aug.1906

Establishment of an authoritarian government; Lisbon Regicide and death of King Carlos I and other royal family members; Manuel II ascends the throne.

48

Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral.jpg

Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral
(1844–1923)

4 February
1908

26 December
1908
Independent

28th Reg.

Manuel II
SMF Manoel II.jpg
(1908–1910)

1908

49

Campos Henriques.gif

Artur Alberto de Campos Henriques
(1853–1922)

26 December
1908

11 April
1909
Independent
(Regenerator and Progressist)

29th Reg.

——

50

Sousa Telles.jpg

Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles
(1847–1921)

11 April
1909

14 May
1909
Independent

30th Reg.

——

51

Wenceslau Pereira de Lima.jpg

Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima
(1858–1919)

14 May
1909

22 December
1909
Independent

31st Reg.

——

52

Veiga Beirão.gif

Francisco António da Veiga Beirão
(1841–1916)

22 December
1909

26 June
1910

Regenerator

32nd Reg.

——

53

Teixeira de Sousa.jpg

António Teixeira de Sousa
(1857–1917)

26 June
1910

5 October
1910

Regenerator

33rd Reg.

1910

5 October 1910 revolution; End of Monarchy; royal family is exiled in the United Kingdom.


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#
Portrait
Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office

Electoral mandates
Political party
Government
President
(Mandate)

54

Teofilo Braga.jpg

Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga
(1843–1924)

5 October
1910

4 September
1911

Republican

1st

Teófilo Braga
Teofilo Braga.jpg
(1910–1911)

1911

5 October 1910 revolution.

55

Joao Pinheiro Chagas.jpg

João Pinheiro Chagas
(1863–1925)

4 September
1911

13 November
1911

Republican

2nd

Manuel de Arriaga
Manuel de Arriaga.jpg
(1911–1915)

——

56

AugustodeVasconcelos.jpg

Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia
(1867–1951)

13 November
1911

16 June
1912

Republican

3rd

——

57

Duarte Leite.png

Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva
(1864–1950)

16 June
1912

23 September
1912

Republican

4th

——

Royalist attack on Chaves.
-

AugustodeVasconcelos.jpg

Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia (interim)
(1867–1951)

23 September
1912

30 September
1912

Republican

——

Duarte Leite.png

Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva
(1864–1950)

30 September
1912

9 January
1913

Republican

——

58

Afonso Costa.jpg

Afonso Augusto da Costa
(1871–1937)

9 January
1913

9 February
1914

Democratic

5th

——

59

Bernardino Machado.jpg

Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães
(1851–1944)

9 February
1914

12 December
1914

Democratic

6th, 7th

——

Portugal in the World War I.

60

VictorAzevedoCoutinho.png

"Vítor Hugo" de Azevedo Coutinho
(1871–1955)

12 December
1914

28 January
1915

Democratic

8th

——

61

Pimenta de Castro.jpg

Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro
(1846–1918)

28 January
1915

14 May
1915
Independent

9th

——
-
 

Constitutional Junta composed of:
José Norton de Matos
António Maria da Silva
José de Freitas Ribeiro
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso
Álvaro de Castro


14 May
1915

15 May
1915
None


——
-

Joao Pinheiro Chagas.jpg

João Pinheiro Chagas (did not take office)
(1863–1925)

15 May
1915

17 May
1915
Independent

10th, 11th

——

62

No image.png

José Augusto Soares Ribeiro de Castro
(1868–1929)

17 May
1915

29 November
1915

Democratic

Teófilo Braga
Teofilo Braga.jpg
(1915)

1915

63

Afonso Costa.jpg

Afonso Augusto da Costa (2nd time)
(1871–1937)

29 November
1915

16 March
1916

Democratic

12th

Bernardino Machado
Bernardino Machado.jpg
(1915–1917)

——

64

Antonio Jose de Almeida.jpg

António José de Almeida
(1866–1929)

16 March
1916

25 April
1917

Sacred Union
(Evolutionist Party with the
Democrats)

13th

——

65

Afonso Costa.jpg

Afonso Augusto da Costa
(1871–1937)

25 April
1917

7 October
1917

Democratic

14th

——
-

Norton de Matos (retrato).jpg

José Maria Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos (interim)
(1867–1955)

7 October
1917

25 October
1917

Democratic

——

Afonso Costa.jpg

Afonso Augusto da Costa
(1871–1937)

25 October
1917

17 November
1917

Democratic

——

Norton de Matos (retrato).jpg

José Maria Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos (interim)
(1867–1955)

17 November
1917

8 December
1917

Democratic

——

66

Sidónio Pais.jpg

Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais
(1872–1918)

8 December
1917

14 December
1918 (died)

National Republican

15th, 16th

Sidónio Pais
Sidónio Pais.jpg
(1918)

1918

Known as the President-King; establishment of an authoritarian regime; assassinated.

67

Canto e Castro.jpg

João do Canto e Castro da Silva Antunes Júnior
(1862–1934)

14 December
1918

23 December
1918

National Republican

João do Canto e Castro
Canto e Castro.jpg
(1918–1919)

——

68

Joao tamagnini barbosa 1.jpg

João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
(1883–1948)

23 December
1918

27 January
1919

National Republican

17th, 18th

——

Monarchy of the North.

69

José Relvas.jpg

José Maria Mascarenhas Relvas
(1858–1929)

27 January
1919

30 March
1919
Independent

19th

——

70

Domingos Leite Pereira.JPG

Domingos Leite Pereira
(1882–1956)

30 March
1919

30 June
1919
Independent

20th

——

71

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Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso (reconducted)
(1864–1950)

30 June
1919

15 January
1920

Democratic

21st

1919
-

Fernandes da Costa.jpg

Francisco José Fernandes Costa (did not take office)
(1857–1925)

15 January
1920

Republican Liberal

22nd

António José de Almeida
Antonio Jose de Almeida.jpg
(1919–1923)

——
-

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Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso (reconducted)
(1864–1950)

15 January
1920

21 January
1920

Democratic

21st

——

72

Domingos Leite Pereira.JPG

Domingos Leite Pereira (2nd time)
(1882–1956)

21 January
1920

8 March
1920
Independent

23rd

——

73

Antonio Maria Baptista.jpg

António Maria Baptista
(1866–1920)

8 March
1920

6 June
1920 (died)

Democratic

24th

——

74

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José Ramos Preto
(1871–1949)

6 June
1920

26 June
1920

Democratic

——

75

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António Maria da Silva
(1872–1950)

26 June
1920

19 July
1920

Democratic
(with the Socialists and Populars)

25th

——

76

António Granjo.JPG

António Joaquim Granjo
(1881–1921)

19 July
1920

20 November
1920

Republican Liberal
(with the Reconstitution Party)

26th

——

77

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Álvaro Xavier de Castro
(1878–1928)

20 November
1920

30 November
1920

Democratic
(with Reconstitution Party and Populars)

27th

——

78

Liberato Pinto.jpg

Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto
(1880–1949)

30 November
1920

2 March
1921

Democratic
(with Reconstitution Party and Populars)

28th

——

79

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Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães (2nd time)
(1851–1944)

2 March
1921

23 May
1921

Democratic
(with Reconstitution Party and Populars)

29th

——

80

Tomé José de Barros Queirós.jpg

Tomé José de Barros Queirós
(1872–1925)

23 May
1921

30 August
1921

Republican Liberal

30th

——

81

António Granjo.JPG

António Joaquim Granjo (2nd time)
(1881–1921)

30 August
1921

19 October
1921

Republican Liberal

31st

1921

82

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António Manuel Maria Coelho
(1857–1943)

19 October
1921

5 November
1921
Independent

32nd

——

83

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Carlos Henrique da Silva Maia Pinto
(1866–1932)

5 November
1921

16 December
1921
Independent

33rd

——

84

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Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal
(1888–1970)

16 December
1921

7 February
1922

Democratic

34th

——

85

Antonio Maria da Silva.jpg

António Maria da Silva (2nd time)
(1872–1950)

7 February
1922

15 November
1923

Democratic

35th, 36th, 37th

1922

86

Antonio ginestal machado.jpg

António Ginestal Machado
(1874–1940)

15 November
1923

18 December
1923

Nationalist Republican

38th

Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Manuel Teixeira Gomes.png
(1923–1925)

——

87

Alvaro de Castro1.jpg

Álvaro Xavier de Castro (2nd time)
(1878–1928)

18 December
1923

7 July
1924

Nationalist Republican
(with the Democratics)

39th

——

88

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Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar
(1865–1938)

7 July
1924

22 November
1924

Democratic

40th

——

89

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José Domingues dos Santos
(1885–1958)

22 November
1924

15 February
1925

Democratic Leftwing Republican

41st

——

90

Vitorino GuimarAes.jpg

Vitorino Máximo de Carvalho Guimarães
(1876–1957)

15 February
1925

1 July
1925

Democratic

42nd

——

91

Antonio Maria da Silva.jpg

António Maria da Silva (3rd time)
(1872–1950)

1 July
1925

1 August
1925

Democratic

43rd

——

92

Domingos Leite Pereira.JPG

Domingos Leite Pereira (3rd time)
(1882–1956)

1 August
1925

18 December
1925

Democratic

44th

——

93

Antonio Maria da Silva.jpg

António Maria da Silva (4th time)
(1872–1950)

18 December
1925

30 May
1926

Democratic

45th

Bernardino Machado
Bernardino Machado.jpg
(1925–1926)

1925

28 May 1926 coup d'état.


Second Republic (1926–1974)










































































































#
Portrait
Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office

Electoral mandates
Political party
Government
President
(Mandate)

Ditadura Nacional – Military Dictatorship (1926–1932)

94

President José Mendes Cabeçadas.jpg

José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior
(1883–1965)

30 May
1926

19 June
1926
None

1st Dict.

José Mendes Cabeçadas
President José Mendes Cabeçadas.jpg
(1926)

——

28 May 1926 coup d'état.

95

Gomes da costa.jpg

Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa
(1863–1929)

19 June
1926

9 July
1926
None

2nd Dict.

Manuel Gomes da CostaGomes da costa.jpg
(1926)

——

96

ÓscarCarmona(official).jpg

António Óscar Fragoso Carmona
(1869–1951)

9 July
1926

18 April
1928
None

3rd Dict.

António Óscar Carmona
ÓscarCarmona(official).jpg
(1926–1951)

——

97

José Vicente de Freitas.JPG

José Vicente de Freitas
(1869–1952)

18 April
1928

8 July
1929
None

4th Dict.
5th Dict.

——

98

Artur Ivens Ferraz - 1923.jpg

Artur Ivens Ferraz
(1870–1933)

8 July
1929

21 January
1930
None

6th Dict.

——

99

Domingos Oliveira.jpg

Domingos Augusto Alves da Costa e Oliveira
(1873–1957)

21 January
1930

5 July
1932

National Union

7th Dict.

——

Estado Novo – New State (1932–1974)

100

Antonio Salazar-1.jpg

António de Oliveira Salazar
(1889–1970)

5 July
1932

25 September
1968

National Union

8th Dict.
9th Dict.
10th Dict.

1934, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965

Francisco Craveiro Lopes
General Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes, Presidente de Portugal.tif
(1951–1958)

Formation of the Estado Novo; Strong economic and fiscal stabilization; Spanish Civil War; 1936 Naval Revolt; Concordat of 1940 between Portugal and the Holy See; Portugal neutrality during World War II; Marshall Plan; Repression of civil liberties and political freedoms; co-founder of United Nations, NATO, OCDE and EFTA; loss of Portuguese India; Portuguese Colonial War; 1962 Academic Crisis; Replaced after suffering a brain hemorrhage.

Américo Tomás
AmericoThomaz.png
(1958–1974)

101

Marcello caetano.jpg

Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano
(1906–1980)

25 September
1968

25 April
1974

National Union
from 1970
People's National Action

11th Dict.

1969, 1973

"Political spring" of 1969; Portuguese Colonial War; 1973 oil crisis ; Carnation Revolution.


Third Republic (1974–present)



































































































































































































































































#
Portrait
Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office

Electoral mandates
Political party
Government
President
(Mandate)

Provisional Governments of the Revolutionary Period (1974–1976)
-
 

National Salvation Junta
composed of:
António de Spínola, Francisco da Costa Gomes
Jaime Silvério Marques, Diogo Neto, Carlos Galvão de Melo
José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, António Rosa Coutinho


25 April
1974

16 May
1974
None


António de Spínola
DuartePimentel04.jpg
(1974)


Military junta designated to maintain government following the Carnation Revolution.

102

Palma Carlos.jpg

Adelino da Palma Carlos
(1905–1992)

16 May
1974

18 July
1974
Independent

Prov. I


Lawyer, opponent of the Estado Novo, appointed by presidential nomination. Led a broad-based cabinet.

103

Vasco Goncalves 1982 Henrique Matos 01 (cropped).jpg

Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves
(1921–2005)

18 July
1974

19 September
1975
Independent

Prov. II

Prov. III

Prov. IV

Francisco da Costa Gomes

(1974–1976)

Prov. V

1975 Cst.

Army colonel with ties with the Communist Party; Nationalization of banks and insurance companies after the events of 11 March 1975; Land reform; Introduction of a minimum wage; PREC

104

Pinheiro de Azevedo.jpg

José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo
(1917–1983)

19 September
1975

23 June
1976
Independent

Prov. VI


Coup of 25 November 1975; Approval of the new Constitution.
-

Vasco de Almeida e Costa.jpg

Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa
(1932–2010)
interim[1]

23 June
1976

23 July
1976
Independent
(Prov. VI)


Minister of Internal Administration under Pinheiro de Azevedo; interim Prime Minister when Azevedo suffered a heart attack.

Prime Ministers heading Constitutional Governments (1976–Present[update])

105

Mário Soares (2003) portrait.jpg

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares
(1924–2017)

23 July
1976

28 August
1978

Socialist

I[Min.]

António Ramalho Eanes
António Ramalho Eanes.jpg
(1976–1986)

II (PS/CDS)

1976

First democratically appointed prime minister; 1976-1978 economic crisis; International Monetary Fund loan; Submission of the candidacy of Portugal to the EEC.

106


Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa
(1923–1996)

28 August
1978

22 November
1978
Independent

III


Appointed by Presidential nomination. Resigned after his cabinet failed to gain Assembly majority.

107


Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto
(1936–1985)

22 November
1978

1 August
1979
Independent

IV


Appointed by presidential nomination.

108

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo 1986 (cropped).jpg

Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo
(1930–2004)

1 August
1979

3 January
1980
Independent

V


Appointed by presidential nomination. First and only female Prime Minister of Portugal; Creation of the NHS (National Health Service).

109

Sá Carneiro.jpg

Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro
(1934–1980)

3 January
1980

4 December
1980 (died)

Social Democratic

VI (AD)

1979, 1980

First centre-right Prime Minister since the Revolution; 1980 Azores Islands earthquake; Died in a plane crash. The accident triggered a number of conspiracy theories.

110

Freitas do Amaral, XV Cimeira Ibero-Americana - Salamanca, Espanha.jpg

Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral
(1941–)
interim

4 December
1980

9 January
1981

Democratic and Social Centre
(VI (AD))


Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister under Francisco Sá Carneiro; interim Prime Minister upon Sá Carneiro's death.

111

Francisco Pinto Balsemão 1982 (cropped).jpg

Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão
(1937–)

9 January
1981

9 June
1983

Social Democratic

VII (AD)

VIII (AD)


1982 constitutional revision; Abolition of the Council of the Revolution; Creation of the Constitutional Court; Resigns after a poor result in the 1982 local elections.

112

Mário Soares (2003) portrait.jpg

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares
(1924–2017)
(2nd time)

9 June
1983

6 November
1985

Socialist

IX (PS/PSD)

1983

Central Bloc (PS/PSD) coalition; Portugal's entry to the EEC; 1983-1985 economic crisis; International Monetary Fund loan; Moimenta-Alcafache train crash.

113

Aníbal Cavaco Silva 2014.jpg

Aníbal António Cavaco Silva
(1939–)

6 November
1985

28 October
1995

Social Democratic

X[Min.]

XI

Mário Soares
Mário Soares (2003) portrait.jpg
(1986–1996)

XII

1985, 1987, 1991

Longest serving prime minister in democracy; economic expansion; privatization of many previously government-owned industries; First time a single party won an absolute majority since the revolution; Chiado 1988 fire; 1989 and 1992 constitutional revisions; "Secos e molhados" police protests; Signing of the Maastricht Treaty; end of the Cold War; Gulf War; Legalization of private TV channels; Early 1990s recession; Riots against tolls on Ponte 25 de Abril.

114

Antonio Guterres 1-1.jpg

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres
(1949–)

28 October
1995

6 April
2002

Socialist

XIII[Min.]

XIV[Min.]

Jorge Sampaio
Jorge Sampaio 3.jpg
(1996–2006)

1995, 1999

Expo 98; Macau handover; East Timor issue; 1997 and 2001 constitutional revisions; Hintze Ribeiro disaster; Decriminalization of drug use; Portugal joins the European single currency; Resigns after a disastrous result in the 2001 local elections.

115

Jose Manuel BarrosoCROPPED.jpg

José Manuel Durão Barroso
(1956–)

6 April
2002

17 July
2004

Social Democratic

XV (PSD/CDS-PP)

2002

Prestige disaster; 2003 Portuguese wildfires; Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal; Iraq War; UEFA Euro 2004; 2004 constitutional revision; Resigns to become President of the European Commission.

116

Pedro Santana Lopes 01.jpg

Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes
(1956–)

17 July
2004

12 March
2005

Social Democratic

XVI (PSD/CDS-PP)


Mayor of Lisbon (2002-2004, 2005). Replaced José Manuel Barroso as Prime Minister; resigned due to the dissolution of Parliament by the President.

117

José Sócrates 2006 (cropped).jpg

José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa
(1957–)

12 March
2005

21 June
2011

Socialist

XVII

XVIII[Min.]

Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Aníbal Cavaco Silva 2014.jpg
(2006–2016)

2005, 2009

First time the Socialist Party won an absolute majority; 2005 constitutional revision; 2005 Portuguese wildfires; 2007 Abortion referendum; Treaty of Lisbon; Independente affair; Face Oculta scandal; Same-sex marriage legislation; 2011 Portuguese protests; 2010–13 Portuguese financial crisis.

118

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Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho
(1964–)

21 June
2011

26 November
2015

Social Democratic

XIX (PSD/CDS-PP)

XX (PàF)[Min.]

2011, 2015

Appointed, after early elections, during the 2010–13 Portuguese financial crisis; Secret Services and Ongoing espionage scandal; September 15, 2012 mass protests; European Fiscal Union approval; 2013 governmental crisis and reshuffle; 2014 BES and ESFG corruption and money laundering scandal; Won the 2015 election but failed to win a majority; Defeated in a vote of no confidence just 10 days after taking the oath of office for his second term.

119

António Costa (2014).jpg

António Luís Santos da Costa
(1961–)

26 November
2015

Incumbent

Socialist

XXI[Min.]

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Visita de Estado ao México 2017-07-17.png
(2016–)


First Prime Minister from the second largest party in the elections; Formed a parliamentary agreement with the Left Bloc, the Portuguese Communist Party and the Ecologist Party "The Greens"; 2017 Portugal wildfires; Tancos military base 2017 robbery; October 2017 wildfires; Corruption scandals involving José Sócrates and his departure from the PS.


Timeline




Portugal Prime Ministers of Portugal (1834–1910)



António Teixeira de Sousa
Francisco António da Veiga Beirão
Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima
Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles
Artur Alberto de Campos Henriques
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral
João Franco
Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro
José Dias Ferreira
João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa
António de Serpa Pimentel
José Luciano de Castro
António Rodrigues Sampaio
Anselmo José Braamcamp
António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo
António José de Ávila
Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto
António Bernardo da Costa Cabral
Joaquim António de Aguiar
José Travassos Valdez
Rodrigo Pinto Pizarro de Almeida Carvalhais
António Dias de Oliveira
Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo
José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro
José da Gama Carneiro e Sousa
António José Severim de Noronha, 1.º Duque da Terceira
José Jorge Loureiro
João Oliveira e Daun, Duque de Saldanha
Vitório Maria de Sousa Coutinho, 2nd Count of Linhares
Pedro de Sousa Holstein






Portugal Prime Ministers of Portugal (1910–1926)



Vitorino Máximo de Carvalho Guimarães
José Domingues dos Santos
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar
António Ginestal Machado
Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal
Carlos Henrique da Silva Maia Pinto
Manuel Maria Coelho
Tomé José de Barros Queirós
Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto
Álvaro Xavier de Castro
António Joaquim Granjo
António Maria da Silva
José Ramos Preto
António Maria Baptista
Francisco José Fernandes Costa
Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso
Domingos Leite Pereira
José de Mascarenhas Relvas
João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa
João do Canto e Castro
Sidónio Pais
António José de Almeida
José Ribeiro de Castro
Junta Constitucional
Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
Vítor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho
Bernardino Machado
Afonso Costa
Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva
Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia
João Pinheiro Chagas
Teófilo Braga






Portugal Prime Ministers of Portugal (1926 – present)



António Costa
Pedro Passos Coelho
José Socrates
Santana Lopes
Durão Barroso
António Guterres
Cavaco Silva
Pinto Balsemão
Freitas do Amaral
Sá Carneiro
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Mota Pinto
Nobre da Costa
Mário Soares
Almeida e Costa
Pinheiro de Azevedo
Vasco Gonçalves
Palma Carlos
Junta de Salvação Nacional
Marcello Caetano
Oliveira Salazar
Costa Oliveira
Ivens Ferraz
Vicente de Freitas
Óscar Carmona
Gomes da Costa
Mendes Cabeçadas





See also




  • List of Prime Ministers of Portugal by time in office

  • List of Presidents of Portugal

  • List of Presidents of Portugal by longevity

  • Politics of Portugal



Notes



Min. Minority government


References





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