List of Prime Ministers of Portugal

The following list contains the heads of government of Portugal from the victory of the constitutionalists (liberals) in the Miguelistenkrieg (1828-1834) to the present.

Kingdom of Portugal: Prime Minister of the constitutional monarchy (1834–1910)

Chair of the Council of Ministers - Presidente do Conselho dos Ministros
image	Surname	Political party	Remarks	Start of office	End of office
	Nuno Caetano Alvares Pereira de Melo, Duke of Cadaval			1828	1831
	António Hipólito da Costa, Viscount of Alhos Vedros		Revolutionary junta in Porto	1828	1828
	José António de Oliveira Leite de Barros, Count of Basto			1831	1833
	Pedro de Sousa Holstein , Duke of Palmela	liberal	for the first time	September 24, 1834	May 4, 1835
	Vitório Maria Francisco de Sousa Coutinho Teixeira de Andrade Barbosa, Count of Linhares	liberal		May 4, 1835	May 27, 1835
	João Carlos Gregório Domingues Vicente Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun , Duke of Saldanha	non-party / cartists	for the first time	May 27, 1835	November 18, 1835
	José Jorge Loureiro			November 18, 1835	April 20, 1836
	António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha , Duke of Terceira , Margrave and Count of Vila-Flor	liberal	for the first time	April 20, 1836	September 10, 1836
	José Manuel Inácio da Cunha Faro Menezes Portugal da Gama Carneiro e Sousa , Count of Lumiares			September 10, 1836	November 4, 1836
	Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo , Margrave of Sá da Bandeira	non-party / Setembrists	for the first time	November 4, 1836	June 2, 1837
	Antonio Dias de Oliveira			June 2, 1837	August 10, 1837
	Margrave of Sá da Bandeira	non-party / Setembrists	for the second time	August 10, 1837	April 18, 1839
	Rodrigo Pinto Pizarro Pimentel de Almeida Carvalhais , Baron of Ribeira de Sabrosa	non-party / Setembrists		April 18, 1839	November 26, 1839
	José Lúcio Travassos Valdez , Count of Bonfim	non-party / Setembrists		November 26, 1839	June 9, 1841
	Joaquim Antonio de Aguiar	liberal	for the first time	June 9, 1841	February 7, 1842
	Duke of Terceira	non-party / cartists	for the second time	February 7, 1842	May 20, 1846
	Duke of Palmela	liberal	for the second time	May 20, 1846	October 6, 1846
	Duke of Saldanha	non-party / cartists	for the second time	October 6, 1846	June 18, 1849
	António Bernardo da Costa Cabral , Margrave of Tomar	non-party / cartists	for the first time	June 18, 1849	April 26, 1851
	Duke of Terceira	non-party / cartists	for the third time	April 26, 1851	May 1, 1851
	Duke of Saldanha	Regeneration party	for the third time	May 1, 1851	June 6, 1856
	Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto , Duke of Loulé , Count of Vale de Reis	Historic party	for the first time	June 6, 1856	March 16, 1859
	Duke of Terceira	Regeneration party	for the fourth time	March 16, 1859	May 1, 1860
	Joaquim Antonio de Aguiar	Regeneration party	for the second time	May 1, 1860	4th July 1860
	Duke of Loulé	Historic party	for the second time	4th July 1860	April 17, 1865
	Margrave of Sá da Bandeira	Reformist Party	for the third time	April 17, 1865	September 4, 1865
	Joaquim Antonio de Aguiar	Regeneration Party and Historical Party	for the third time, grand coalition ( Governo da fusão )	September 4, 1865	January 4, 1868
	António José de Ávila , Margrave of Ávila e Bolama , Count of Ávila	independent	for the first time	January 4, 1868	July 22, 1868
	Margrave of Sá da Bandeira	Reformist Party	for the fourth time	July 22, 1868	August 11, 1869
	Duke of Loulé	Historic party	for the third time	August 11, 1869	May 19, 1870
	Duke of Saldanha	Regeneration party	for the fourth time	May 19, 1870	August 29, 1870
	Margrave of Sá da Bandeira	Reformist Party	For the fifth time	August 30, 1870	October 29, 1870
	Margrave of Ávila e Bolama	independent	for the second time	October 29, 1870	September 13, 1871
	Antonio Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo	Regeneration party	for the first time	September 13, 1871	March 6, 1877
	Margrave of Ávila e Bolama	independent	for the third time	March 6, 1877	January 26, 1878
	Antonio Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo	Regeneration party	for the second time	January 26, 1879	May 29, 1879
	Anselmo José Braamcamp	Progressive party		May 29, 1879	March 23, 1881
	António Rodrigues Sampaio	Regeneration party		March 23, 1881	November 14, 1881
	Antonio Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo	Regeneration party	for the third time	November 14, 1881	February 16, 1886
	José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real	Progressive party	for the first time	February 16, 1886	January 14, 1890
	Antonio de Serpa Pimentel	Regeneration party		January 14, 1890	October 11, 1890
	João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa	independent		October 11, 1890	January 18, 1892
	José Dias Ferreira	independent		January 18, 1892	February 22, 1893
	Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro	Regeneration party	for the first time	February 22, 1893	February 5, 1897
	José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real	Progressive party	for the second time	February 5, 1897	July 26, 1900
	Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro	Regeneration party	for the second time	July 26, 1900	October 20, 1904
	José Luciano de Castro Pereira Côrte-Real	Progressive party	for the third time	October 20, 1904	March 19, 1906
	Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro	Regeneration party	for the third time	March 19, 1906	May 19, 1906
	João Franco	Liberal Regeneration Party		May 19, 1906	4th February 1908
	Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral	independent		4th February 1908	December 26, 1908
	Artur Alberto de Campos Henriques	independent		December 26, 1908	April 11, 1909
	Sebastião Cústodio de Sousa Teles	independent		April 11, 1909	May 14, 1909
	Venceslaus de Sousa Pereira de Lima	independent		May 14, 1909	December 22, 1909
	Francisco António da Veiga Beirão	independent		December 22, 1909	June 26, 1910
	Antonio Teixeira de Sousa	Regeneration party	last head of government of the monarchy	June 26, 1910	October 4, 1910

First Republic (1911-1926)

Chairman of the Provisional Government - Presidente do Governo Provisório
image	Surname	Political party	Start of office	End of office
	Teófilo Braga	Portuguese Republican Party (PRP)	October 5, 1910	September 4, 1911
Chairman of the Ministry - Presidente do Ministério
image	Surname	Political party	Start of office	End of office
	João Pinheiro Chagas	Portuguese Republican Party (PRP)	September 4, 1911	November 13, 1911
	Augusto de Vasconcelos	Democratic Party (PD)	November 13, 1911	June 16, 1912
	Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva	Democratic Party (PD)	June 16, 1912	January 9, 1913
	Afonso Costa	Democratic Party (PD)	January 9, 1913	February 9, 1914
	Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães	Democratic Party (PD)	February 9, 1914	December 12, 1914
	Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho	Democratic Party (PD)	December 12, 1914	January 28, 1915
	Joaquim Pimenta de Castro	Military administration	January 28, 1915	May 14, 1915
	Constitutional junta: José Norton de Matos Antonio Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Álvaro de Castro	Military administration	May 14, 1915	May 17, 1915
	José de Castro	Military administration	May 17, 1915	November 29, 1915
	Afonso Costa	Democratic Party (PD)	November 29, 1915	March 16, 1916
	Antonio José de Almeida	Republican Evolutionist Party (PRE) - grand coalition PRE / PD	March 16, 1916	April 25, 1917
	Afonso Costa	Democratic Party (PD) - grand coalition PD / PRE	April 25, 1917	December 8, 1917
	Sidónio Pais	Military Administration National Republican Party	December 8, 1917	December 14, 1918
	João do Canto e Castro	Military administration	December 14, 1918	December 23, 1918
	João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa	Military administration	December 23, 1918	January 27, 1919
	José Carlos de Mascarenhas Relvas	Democratic Party (PD)	January 27, 1919	March 30, 1919
	Domingos Leite Pereira	Democratic Party (PD)	March 30, 1919	June 30, 1919
	Alfredo de Sá Cardoso	Democratic Party (PD)	June 30, 1919	January 15, 1920
	Francisco José Fernandes Costa	Democratic Party (PD)	January 15, 1920	January 15, 1920
	Alfredo de Sá Cardoso	Democratic Party (PD)	January 15, 1920	January 21, 1920
	Domingos Leite Pereira	Democratic Party (PD)	January 21, 1920	March 8, 1920
	Antonio Maria Baptista	Democratic Party (PD)	March 8, 1920	June 6, 1920
	José Ramos Preto	Democratic Party (PD)	June 6, 1920	June 26, 1920
	Antonio Maria da Silva	Democratic Party (PD)	June 26, 1920	July 19, 1920
	António Joaquim Granjo	Liberal Republican Party (PLR)	July 19, 1920	November 20, 1920
	Álvaro de Castro	Republican Party of National Reconstruction (PRRN)	November 20, 1920	November 30, 1920
	Liberato Ribeiro Pinto	Democratic Party (PD)	November 30, 1920	March 2, 1921
	Bernardino Luís Machado Guimarães	Democratic Party (PD)	March 2, 1921	May 23, 1921
	Tomé José de Barros Queirós	Liberal Republican Party (PLR)	May 23, 1921	August 30, 1921
	António Joaquim Granjo	Liberal Republican Party (PLR)	August 30, 1921	October 19, 1921
	Manuel Maria Coelho	...	October 19, 1921	November 5, 1921
	Carlos Maia Pinto	...	November 5, 1921	December 16, 1921
	Francisco Pinto da Cunha Leal	...	December 16, 1921	February 7, 1922
	Antonio Maria da Silva	Democratic Party (PD)	February 7, 1922	November 15, 1923
	António Ginestal Machado	...	November 15, 1923	December 18, 1923
	Álvaro de Castro	Republican Nationalist Party (PRN)	December 18, 1923	July 7, 1924
	Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar	Democratic Party (PD)	July 7, 1924	November 22, 1924
	José Domingues dos Santos	...	November 22, 1924	February 15, 1925
	Vitorino de Carvalho Guimarães	Democratic Party (PD)	February 15, 1925	July 1, 1925
	Antonio Maria da Silva	Democratic Party (PD)	July 1, 1925	August 1, 1925
	Domingos Leite Pereira	Democratic Party (PD)	August 1, 1925	December 18, 1925
	Antonio Maria da Silva	Democratic Party (PD)	December 18, 1925	May 30, 1926

Military dictatorship (1926–1932)

Chairman of the Ministry - Presidente do Ministério
image	Surname	Political party	Start of office	End of office
	José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior	Military administration	May 30, 1926	June 19, 1926
	Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa	Military administration	June 19, 1926	July 9, 1926
	António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona	Military administration	July 9, 1926	April 18, 1928
	José Vicente de Freitas	Military administration	April 18, 1928	July 8, 1929
	Artur Ivens Ferraz	Military administration	July 8, 1929	January 21, 1930
	Domingos da Costa Oliveira	Military administration	January 21, 1930	July 5, 1932

Estado Novo (1932–1974)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Presidente do Conselho de Ministros
image	Surname	Political party	Start of office	End of office
	Antonio de Oliveira Salazar	National Union (UN)	July 5, 1932	September 25, 1968
	Marcelo Caetano	National Union (UN)	September 25, 1968	April 25, 1974

Third Republic (after 1974)

Prime Minister (First Minister) - Primeiro Ministro
image	Surname	Political party	Start of office	End of office
	Adelino da Palma Carlos	...	May 16, 1974	July 18, 1974
	Vasco Gonçalves	Military administration	July 18, 1974	19th September 1975
	José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo	Military administration	19th September 1975	July 23, 1976
	Mario Soares	PS	July 23, 1976	August 28, 1978
	Alfredo Nobre da Costa	independent	August 28, 1978	November 22, 1978
	Carlos Mota Pinto	Psd	November 22, 1978	1st August 1979
	Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo	PS	1st August 1979	January 3, 1980
	Francisco Sá Carneiro	Psd	January 3, 1980	4th December 1980
	Diogo Freitas do Amaral	CDS	4th December 1980	January 9, 1981
	Francisco Pinto Balsemão	Psd	January 9, 1981	June 9, 1983
	Mario Soares	PS	June 9, 1983	November 6, 1985
	Aníbal Cavaco Silva	Psd	November 6, 1985	October 28, 1995
	Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres	PS	October 28, 1995	April 6, 2002
	José Manuel Barroso	Psd	April 6, 2002	July 12, 2004
	Pedro Santana Lopes	Psd	July 12, 2004	March 12, 2005
	José Sócrates	PS	March 12, 2005	June 21, 2011
	Pedro Passos Coelho	Psd	June 21, 2011	November 25, 2015
	Antonio Costa	PS	November 26, 2015	in office

See also

• List of kings of Portugal , list of presidents of Portugal , list of political parties in Portugal
• History of Portugal , time table of Portugal
• First Portuguese Republic , Estado Novo , Third Portuguese Republic