Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira explained

Post:President
Body:the Regional Government of Madeira
Native Name:
Flag:Flag of Madeira.svg
Flagborder:yes
Flagcaption:Flag of Madeira
Insignia:Coat of arms of Madeira.svg
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Madeira
Incumbent:Miguel Albuquerque
Incumbentsince:20 April 2015
Style:His/Her Excellency
Residence:Quinta Vigia, Funchal
Appointer:Representative of the Republic
Termlength:4 years (Legislative Assembly of Madeira may be dissolved sooner);
no term limits.
Inaugural:Jaime Ornelas Camacho
Formation:1 October 1976

Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira are the heads of government for the autonomous local authority of Madeira, since the Carnation Revolution that installed the democratic Third Portuguese Republic. The list below includes the leaders of the transitional regimes and those presidents designated after the institutionalization of the autonomy statute that provided archipelago with its laws and democratic rights.

Following the first elections, held on 27 June 1976, the leader of the first party was installed as first President of the Regional Government of Madeira (Jaime Ornelas Camacho), responsible for forming his executive and cabinet to administer the functioning of the public service in Madeira.

Presidents

The numbering reflects the uninterrupted terms in office served by each president. For example, Alberto João Jardim served for ten consecutive terms and is counted as the second president (not the seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth president): the Roman numerals refer to the legislature that their terms encompassed. Carlos Manuel de Azeredo and Joaquim Miguel Duarte Silva served as presidents of the Regional Junta, the provisional government that functioned during the transition towards democracy.

The current President of the Regional Government of Madeira is Miguel Albuquerque, whose party won the 2015 Madeira regional election on 29 March 2015.

The colors indicate the political affiliation of each President.

width=1%No.width=25%President
(Birth–Death)
width=5%Portraitwidth=8%ElectionTerm of officewidth=20%Political partywidth=10%Government
Presidents appointed in the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution (1974–1976)
-Carlos Manuel de Azeredo
(born 1930)
20 February 197620 August 1976Military officer
-Joaquim Miguel Duarte Silva
(1924–2007)
20 August 19761 October 1976Military officer
Presidents elected under the Constitution of the Republic (1976–present)
1Jaime Ornelas Camacho
(1921–2016)
19761 October 197617 March 1978Social DemocraticI
2Alberto João Jardim
(born 1943)
17 March 19785 November 1980 rowspan=10Social DemocraticII
19805 November 198012 November 1984 III
198412 November 19849 November 1988IV
19889 November 198811 November 1992V
199211 November 199211 November 1996VI
199611 November 199614 November 2000VII
200014 November 200016 November 2004VIII
200416 November 200419 June 2007IX
200719 June 20079 November 2011X
20119 November 201120 April 2015XI
3Miguel Albuquerque
(born 1961)
201520 April 201515 October 2019 rowspan=4Social DemocraticXII
201915 October 201917 October 2023XIII
202317 October 20236 June 2024XIV
20246 June 2024IncumbentXV

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