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 | |||||
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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 | ||||
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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: | 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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |