List of prime ministers of Portugal explained

The prime minister of the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: primeiro-ministro da República Portuguesa) is the head of the Government of Portugal. The officeholder coordinates the actions of all ministers, represents the Government as a whole, reports their actions and is accountable to the Assembly of the Republic, in addition to keeping the president of the Republic informed.

There is no limit to the number of mandates as prime minister. They are 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 did not live in the palace during their full mandate.

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 (Chanceler-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 (Presidente 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 absolute monarchs had, but were restricted by the controlling power of the National Congress.

With the advent of the Republic in the 5 October 1910 revolution, the head of government was renamed President of the Ministry (Presidente 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 official 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.

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Constitutional Monarchy – Second Liberalism (1834–1910)

width=1%		width=5%	Portrait	width=28%	Name	Term of office — Electoral mandates		width=20%	Political party	width=10%	Government	width=15%	Monarch
1		Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Marquis of Palmela	1834	1835	bgcolor=#B0E0E6 rowspan="2"	Chartist/"Chamorro"	1st Dev.	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="57" align=center	Maria II and Fernando II
			1834
2		Vitório Maria de Sousa Coutinho, Count of Linhares	1835	1835	bgcolor=#B0C4DE rowspan="2"	"Chamorro"
			—
3		João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, Marquis of Saldanha	1835	1835	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	2nd Dev.
			—
4		José Jorge Loureiro	1835	1836	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	3rd Dev.
			—
5		António José Severim de Noronha, Duke of Terceira and Marquis of Vila Flor	1836	1836	bgcolor=#B0C4DE rowspan="2"	"Chamorro"	4th Dev.
			1836
6		José da Gama Carneiro e Sousa, Count of Lumiares	1836	1836	bgcolor=#F0E68C rowspan="2"	Septemberist	1st Set.
			—
—		José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro, Marquis of Valença and Count of Vimioso (did not take office)	1836	1836	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	—
			—
7		Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Viscount of Sá da Bandeira	1836	1837	bgcolor=#F0E68C rowspan="2"	Septemberist	2nd Set.
			1836
8		António Dias de Oliveira	1837	1837	bgcolor=#F0E68C rowspan="2"	Septemberist	3rd Set.
			—
9		Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Viscount of Sá da Bandeira (2nd time)	1837	1839	bgcolor=#F0E68C rowspan="2"	Septemberist	4th Set.
			1838
10		Rodrigo Pinto Pizarro de Almeida Carvalhais, Baron of Ribeira de Sabrosa	1839	1839	bgcolor=#F0E68C rowspan="2"	Septemberist	5th Set.
			—
11		José Lúcio Travassos Valdez, Count of Bonfim	1839	1841	bgcolor=#F0E68C rowspan="2"	Septemberist	6th Set.
			1840
12		Joaquim António de Aguiar	1841	1842	bgcolor=#F0E68C rowspan="2"	Septemberist	7th Set.
			—
13		Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Marquis of Palmela (2nd time)	1842	1842	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	G.E.
			—
14		António José Severim de Noronha, Duke of Terceira and Marquis of Vila Flor (2nd time)	1842	1846	bgcolor=#B0E0E6 rowspan="2"	Chartist	1st R. Cart.
			1842, 1845
15		Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Marquis of Palmela (3rd time)	1846	1846	bgcolor=#B0E0E6 rowspan="2"	Chartist	2nd R. Cart.
			—
16		João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, Duke of Saldanha (2nd time)	1846	1849	bgcolor=#B0E0E6 rowspan="2"	Chartist	3rd R. Cart.
			1847
17		António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, Count of Tomar	1849	1851	bgcolor=#B0E0E6 rowspan="2"	Chartist	4th R. Cart.
			—
18		António José Severim de Noronha, Duke of Terceira and Marquis of Vila Flor (3rd time)	1851	1851	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	5th R. Cart.
—
19		João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, Duke of Saldanha (3rd time)	1851	1856	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	1st Reg.
1851, 1852			bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="11" align=center	Pedro V
20		Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé	1856	1859	bgcolor=#FFE4E1 rowspan="2"	Historic	2nd Reg.
1856, 1858
21		António José Severim de Noronha, Duke of Terceira and Marquis of Vila Flor (4th time)	1859	1860	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	3rd Reg.
1860
22		Joaquim António de Aguiar (2nd time)	1860	1860	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator
—
23		Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé (2nd time)	1860	1865	bgcolor=#FFE4E1 rowspan="2"	Historic	4th Reg.
1861, 1864			bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="41" align=center	Luis I
24		Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (3rd time)	1865	1865	bgcolor=#FDF5E6 rowspan="2"	Reformist	5th Reg.
—
25		Joaquim António de Aguiar (3rd time)	1865	1868	bgcolor=#E6E6FA rowspan="2"	Regenerator (with the Historic Party)	6th Reg.
1865, 1867
26		António José de Ávila, Duke of Ávila and Bolama	1868	1868	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent (with Reformists)	7th Reg.
—
27		Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (4th time)	1868	1869	bgcolor=#FDF5E6 rowspan="2"	Reformist	8th Reg.
1868, 1869
28		Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé (3rd time)	1869	1870	bgcolor=#FFE4E1 rowspan="2"	Historic (with Reformists)	9th Reg.
1870
29		João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, Duke of Saldanha (4th time)	1870	1870	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	10th Reg.
—
30		Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, Marquis of Sá da Bandeira (5th time)	1870	1870	bgcolor=#FDF5E6 rowspan="2"	Reformist	11th Reg.
1870
31		António José de Ávila, Marquis of Ávila (2nd time)	1870	1871	bgcolor=#FDF5E6 rowspan="2"	Reformist	12th Reg.
1871
32		António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo	1871	1877	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	13th Reg.
1874
33		António José de Ávila, Marquis of Ávila (3rd time)	1877	1878	bgcolor=#FDF5E6 rowspan="2"	Reformist	14th Reg.
—
34		António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (2nd time)	1878	1879	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	15th Reg.
1878
35		Anselmo José Braamcamp de Almeida Castelo Branco	1879	1881	bgcolor=#FFB6C1 rowspan="2"	Progressist	16th Reg.
1879
36		António Rodrigues Sampaio	1881	1881	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	17th Reg.
1881
37		António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (3rd time)	1881	1886	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator
1884
38		José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real	1886	1890	bgcolor=#FFB6C1 rowspan="2"	Progressist	18th Reg.
1887, 1889			bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="29" align=center	Carlos I
39		António de Serpa Pimentel	1890	1890	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	19th Reg.
1890
40		João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa	1890	1892	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	20th Reg.
—
41		José Dias Ferreira	1892	1893	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	21st Reg.
1892
42		Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro	1893	1897	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	22nd Reg.
1894, 1895
43		José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real (2nd time)	1897	1900	bgcolor=#FFB6C1 rowspan="2"	Progressist	23rd Reg.
1897, 1899
44		Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro (2nd time)	1900	1904	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	24th Reg.
1900, 1901, 1904
45		José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real (3rd time)	1904	1906	bgcolor=#FFB6C1 rowspan="2"	Progressist	25th Reg.
1905
46		Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro (3rd time)	1906	1906	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	26th Reg.
1906
47		João Ferreira Franco Pinto Castelo-Branco	1906	1908	bgcolor=#66CDAA rowspan="2"	Liberal Regenerator	27th Reg.
1906
48		Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral	1908	1908	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	28th Reg.	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="15" align=center	Manuel II
1908
49		Artur Alberto de Campos Henriques	1908	1909	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent (Regenerator and Progressist)	29th Reg.
—
50		Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles	1909	1909	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	30th Reg.
—
51		Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima	1909	1909	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	31st Reg.
—
52		Francisco António da Veiga Beirão	1909	1910	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	32nd Reg.
—
53		António Teixeira de Sousa	1910	1910	bgcolor=#99BADD rowspan="2"	Regenerator	33rd Reg.
1910

First Republic (1910–1926)

width=1%		width=5%	Portrait	width=28%	Name	Term of office — Electoral mandates		width=20%	Political party	width=10%	Government	width=15%	President
54		Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga	1910	1911	Republican	1st	Teófilo Braga
			1911
55		João Pinheiro Chagas	1911	1911	bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="2"	Republican	2nd	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="24" align=center	Manuel de Arriaga
—
56		Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia	1911	1912	bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="2"	Republican	3rd
—
57		Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva	1912	1912	bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="2"	Republican	4th
—
—		Augusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia (interim)	1912	1912	bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="2"	Republican
—
	Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva	1912	1913	bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="2"	Republican
		—
58		Afonso Augusto da Costa	1913	1914	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	5th
—
59		Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães	1914	1914	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	6th, 7th
—
60		Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho	1914	1915	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	8th
—
61		Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro	1915	1915	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	9th
—
—		Constitutional Junta composed of:	1915	1915	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	None	—
—
—		João Pinheiro Chagas (did not take office)	1915	1915	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	10th, 11th
—
62		José Augusto Soares Ribeiro de Castro	1915	1915	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic		bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2" align=center	Teófilo Braga
1915
63		Afonso Augusto da Costa (2nd time)	1915	1916	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	12th	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="15" align=center	Bernardino Machado
—
64		António José de Almeida	1916	1917	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Sacred Union (Evolutionist Party with the Democrats)	13th
—
65		Afonso Augusto da Costa (3rd time)	1917	1917	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	14th
—
—		José Maria Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos (interim)	1917	1917	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic
—
	Afonso Augusto da Costa	1917	1917	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic
		—
	José Maria Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos (interim)	1917	1917	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic
		—
66		Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais	1917	1918	bgcolor=#e6e6aa rowspan="2"	National Republican	15th, 16th	bgcolor=#e6e6aa rowspan="3" align=center	Sidónio Pais
			1918
67		João do Canto e Castro da Silva Antunes Júnior	1918	1918	bgcolor=#e6e6aa rowspan="2"	National Republican		bgcolor=#e6e6aa rowspan="11" align=center	João do Canto e Castro
			—
68		João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa	1918	1919	bgcolor=#e6e6aa rowspan="2"	National Republican	17th, 18th
			—
69		José Maria Mascarenhas Relvas	1919	1919	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	19th
			—
70		Domingos Leite Pereira	1919	1919	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	20th
			—
71		Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso	1919	1920	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	21st
			1919
—		Francisco José Fernandes Costa (did not take office)	1920		bgcolor=#CADABA rowspan="2"	Republican Liberal	22nd	bgcolor=#CADABA rowspan="44" align=center	António José de Almeida
			—
—		Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso (reconducted)	1920	1920	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	21st
			—
72		Domingos Leite Pereira (2nd time)	1920	1920	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	23rd
			—
73		António Maria Baptista	1920	1920	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	24th
			—
74		José Ramos Preto	1920	1920	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic
			—
75		António Maria da Silva	1920	1920	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic (with the Socialists and Populars)	25th
			—
76		António Joaquim Granjo	1920	1920	bgcolor=#CADABA rowspan="2"	Republican Liberal (with the Reconstitution Party)	26th
			—
77		Álvaro Xavier de Castro	1920	1920	bgcolor=#98FB98 rowspan="2"	Democratic (with Reconstitution Party and Populars)	27th
			—
78		Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto	1920	1921	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic (with Reconstitution Party and Populars)	28th
			—
79		Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães (2nd time)	1921	1921	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic (with Reconstitution Party and Populars)	29th
			—
80		Tomé José de Barros Queirós	1921	1921	bgcolor=#CADABA rowspan="2"	Republican Liberal	30th
			—
81		António Joaquim Granjo (2nd time)	1921	1921	bgcolor=#CADABA rowspan="2"	Republican Liberal	31st
			1921
82		António Manuel Maria Coelho	1921	1921	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	32nd
			—
83		Carlos Henrique da Silva Maia Pinto	1921	1921	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Independent	33rd
			—
84		Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal	1921	1922	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	Democratic	34th
			—
85		António Maria da Silva (2nd time)	1922	1923	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	35th, 36th, 37th
			1922
86		António Ginestal Machado	1923	1923	bgcolor=#F5DEB3 rowspan="2"	Nationalist Republican	38th	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="19" align=center	Manuel Teixeira Gomes
			—
87		Álvaro Xavier de Castro (2nd time)	1923	1924	bgcolor=#F5DEB3 rowspan="2"	Nationalist Republican (with the Democratics)	39th
			—
88		Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar	1924	1924	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	40th
			—
89		José Domingues dos Santos	1924	1925	bgcolor=#D2B48C rowspan="2"	Democratic Leftwing Republican	41st
			—
90		Vitorino Máximo de Carvalho Guimarães	1925	1925	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	42nd
			—
91		António Maria da Silva (3rd time)	1925	1925	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	43rd
			—
92		Domingos Leite Pereira (3rd time)	1925	1925	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	44th
			—
93		António Maria da Silva (4th time)	1925	1926	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="2"	Democratic	45th	bgcolor=#ddeeff rowspan="3" align=center	Bernardino Machado
			1925

Second Republic (1926–1974)

width=1%		width=5%	Portrait	width=28%	Name	Term of office — Electoral mandates		width=20%	Political party	width=10%	Government	width=15%	President
Ditadura Nacional – Military Dictatorship (1926–1932)
94		José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior	1926	1926	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	None	1st Dict.	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="3" align=center	José Mendes Cabeçadas
			—
95		Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa	1926	1926	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	None	2nd Dict.	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="3" align=center	Manuel Gomes da Costa
			—
96		António Óscar Fragoso Carmona	1926	1928	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	None	3rd Dict.	bgcolor=#AADDFF rowspan="14" align=center	António Óscar Carmona
			—
97		José Vicente de Freitas	1928	1929	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	None	4th Dict. 5th Dict.
			—
98		Artur Ivens Ferraz	1929	1930	bgcolor=#DCDCDC rowspan="2"	None	6th Dict.
			—
99		Domingos Augusto Alves da Costa e Oliveira	1930	1932	National Union	7th Dict.
			—
Estado Novo – New State (1932–1974)
100		António de Oliveira Salazar	1932	1968	National Union	8th Dict. 9th Dict. 10th Dict.
			1934, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965				bgcolor=#AADDFF align=center	Francisco Craveiro Lopes
							bgcolor=#AADDFF rowspan="4" align=center	Américo Tomás
101		Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano	1968	1974	National Union People's National Action	11th Dict.
			1969, 1973

Third Republic (1974–present)

width=1%		width=5%	Portrait	width=28%	Name	Term of office — Electoral mandates		width=20%	Political party	width=10%	Government	width=15%	President
Provisional Governments of the Revolutionary Period (1974–1976)
—		National Salvation Junta composed of:	1974	1974	None	—	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="8" align=center	António de Spínola
			—
102		Adelino da Palma Carlos	1974	1974	Independent	Prov. I
			—
103		Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves	1974	1975	Independent	Prov. II
						Prov. III
						Prov. IV	bgcolor=#EEEEEE rowspan="10" align=center	Francisco da Costa Gomes
						Prov. V
			1975 Cst.
104		José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo	1975	1976	Independent	Prov. VI
			—
—		Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa interim^[1]	1976	1976	Independent	(Prov. VI)
			—
Prime Ministers heading Constitutional Governments (1976–)
105		Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares	1976	1978	Socialist		I	bgcolor=#D0F0C0 rowspan="27" align=center	António Ramalho Eanes
						II
			1976
106		Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa	1978	1978	Independent	III
			—
107		Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto	1978	1979	Independent	IV
			—
108		Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo	1979	1980	Independent	V
			—
109		Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro	1980	1980	Social Democratic	VI
			1979, 1980
—		Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral interim	1980	1981	Democratic and Social Centre	(VI)
			—
110		Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão	1981	1983	Social Democratic	VII
						VIII
			—
111		Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (2nd time)	1983	1985	Socialist	IX
			1983
112		Aníbal António Cavaco Silva	1985	1995	Social Democratic		X
							XI	rowspan="5" align=center	Mário Soares
						XII
			1985, 1987, 1991
113		António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres	1995	2002	Socialist		XIII
						XIV	rowspan="10" align=center	Jorge Sampaio
			1995, 1999
114		José Manuel Durão Barroso	2002	2004	Social Democratic	XV
			2002
115		Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes	2004	2005	Social Democratic	XVI
			—
116		José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa	2005	2011	Socialist		XVII
						XVIII	rowspan="8" align=center	Aníbal Cavaco Silva
			2005, 2009
117		Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho	2011	2015	Social Democratic	XIX
						XX
			2011, 2015
118		António Luís Santos da Costa	2015	2024	Socialist		XXI
							XXII	rowspan="7" align=center	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
						XXIII
			2019, 2022
119		Luís Filipe Montenegro Cardoso de Morais Esteves	2024	Incumbent	Social Democratic	XXIV
			2024
			Minority government led by the Democratic Alliance coalition.

See also

• List of prime ministers of Portugal by time in office
• List of presidents of Portugal
• Politics of Portugal

Notes

Minority government

External links

• WORLD STATESMEN.org (Portugal)
• Prime Ministers since 1910
• Portuguese General Elections since 1820

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070615170417/http://dre.pt/pdfgratisa5/1976/06/14503.pdf . 15 June 2007 .