List of mayors of Lisbon

This is a list of mayors of Lisbon (Portuguese: Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, CML, literally: "President of the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon", and also Portuguese: Presidente do Município de Lisboa, literally: "President of the Municipality of Lisbon"), the capital city of Portugal, and also the most populated.

This office is considered one of the most important in Portugal's politics, even more sought than the office of minister (following António Costa's resignation from a ministerial position to contest the 2007 elections, which he won). Of the nine elected mayors since 1976, two became Prime Minister of Portugal - Pedro Santana Lopes in 2004 and António Costa in 2015; One became President of the Republic - Jorge Sampaio in 1996.

Graphical timeline (since 1974)

Mayors of Lisbon

Portrait Prime minister
(Lifespan)
Term of office Election Party
Start End Duration
Constitutional Monarchy – Second Liberalism (1834–1910)
Luís Moura
(1801–1865)
1840 1840 ~1 year Independent
Joaquim Bonifácio
(1801–1865)
1840 1840 ~1 year Independent
José Gomes
(1800–1882)
1840 1842 ~2 years Independent
Joaquim Bandeira
(1XXX–1XXX)
1843 1845 ~2 years Independent
Luís Cabral
(1763–1XXX)
1846 1847 ~1 year Independent
Augusto Silva
(1XXX–1XXX)
1847 1847 ~1 year Independent
Gonçalo Carvalho
(1XXX–1XXX)
November
1847
2 January
1849
~2 years Independent
Nuno Bastos
(1XXX–1XXX)
1850 1852 ~2 years Independent
Alberto Carvalho
(1XXX–1XXX)
1852 1853 ~1 year Independent
Manuel Monteiro
(1818–1890)
1854 1858 ~4 years Independent
Júlio Pimentel
(1809–1884)
1858 1859 ~1 year Independent
João Sousa
(1811–1872)
1859 1860 ~1 year Independent
António Carvalho
(1818–1864)
1860 4 August
1864
~4 years Independent
Manuel Almeida
(1803–1873)
1864 2 January
1866
~2 years Independent
António Silva
(1806–1894)
2 January
1866
5 March
1868
2 years, 62 days Independent
Luís Lorena
(1828–1894)
5 March
1868
2 January
1870
1 year, 303 days Progressist
António Sousa
(1836–1892)
2 January
1870
1871 ~1 year Independent
Francisco Mendonça
(1830–1882)
1872 1875 ~3 years Independent
Luís Albuquerque
(1819–1906)
1876 1877 ~1 year Independent
António Sousa
(1836–1892)
23 June
1877
1 August
1877
39 days Independent
Luís Lorena
(1828–1894)
1 August
1877
2 January
1878
154 days Progressist
José Garcia
(1830–1891)
2 January
1878
18 August
1878
1 year, 303 days Reformist
José Araújo
(1840–1893)
18 August
1878
2 January
1886
7 years, 137 days Independent
Fernando Cabral
(1850–1897)
2 January
1886
10 March
1890
4 years, 68 days Regenerator
Simões Margiochi
(1848–1904)
11 March
1890
4 November
1890
238 days Regenerator
Pedro Sarmento
(1829–1903)
4 November
1890
8 August
1891
277 days Independent
Manuel Ottolini
(1840–1898)
10 August
1891
2 January
1894
2 years, 145 days Independent
Pedro Franco
(1833–1902)
2 January
1894
15 February
1897
3 years, 44 days Progressist
Zófimo Pedroso
(1851–1910)
15 February
1897
1 January
1899
1 year, 321 days Republican
Pedro Franco
(1833–1902)
1 January
1899
11 September
1901
2 years, 192 days Progressist
António de Ávila
(1842–1917)
11 September
1901
1902 ~1 year Independent
António Castelo Branco
(1842–1916)
1904 1907 ~3 years Independent
Teodoro Basto
(1839–1920)
3 January
1907
6 June
1907
154 days Independent
José Sousa
(1858–1925)
8 June
1907
17 February
1908
254 days Regenerator
António Castelo Branco
(1842–1916)
1908 1908 ~1 year Independent
First Republic (1910–1926)
Anselmo Freire
(1849–1921)
27 October
1910
1 February
1913
2 years, 97 days Independent
António Barreto
(1853–1939)
6 February
1913
2 January
1914
330 days Independent
João Menezes
(1854–1942)
2 January
1914
18 April
1914
107 days Independent
Eduardo Basto
(1875–1942)
18 April
1914
12 December
1914
238 days Independent
Henrique Vilhena
(1879–1958)
2 January
1915
1 November
1915
238 days Independent
João Gomes
(1868–1929)
1 November
1915
2 January
1918
2 years, 62 days Independent
Alfredo Gaspar
(1865–1938)
2 January
1918
14 January
1918
12 days Independent
José Maia
(1878–1921)
14 January
1918
9 March
1918
54 days Independent
Zeferino Pacheco
(1856–1924)
15 March
1918
27 June
1918
104 days Independent
José Castro
(1870–1954)
June
1918
February
1919
~1 year Independent
Alberto Vidal
(1871–1967)
7 March
1919
16 June
1919
101 days Independent
Alfredo Gaspar
(1865–1938)
16 June
1919
2 January
1920
200 days Independent
Agostinho Estrela
(1867–1952)
2 January
1920
3 April
1923
3 years, 91 days Independent
Albano Durão
(1871–1925)
5 April
1923
13 November
1925
1 year, 222 days Republican
Sebastião Santos
(1881–1939)
23 November
1925
31 December
1925
38 days Independent
João Menezes
(1854–1942)
2 January
1926
2 July
1926
181 days Independent
Ditadura Nacional – Military Dictatorship (1926–1932)
José Freitas
(1869–1952)
2 July
1926
31 December
1934
7 years, 181 days Independent
Eugénio Ferreira
(1867–1947)
26 August
1927
15 August
1929
1 year, 354 days Independent
Estado Novo – New State (1932–1974)
Adriano Macedo
(1870–1933)
17 February
1932
19 May 1932
1932
91 days Independent
Henrique Lima
(1876–1953)
18 February
1934
31 December
1934
316 days Independent
Daniel Sousa
(1867–1958)
31 December
1934
31 December
1937
3 years Independent
Duarte Pacheco
(1900–1943)
3 January
1938
16 November
1943
5 years, 317 days Independent
Eduardo Carvalho
(1891–1970)
25 March
1938
4 March
1944
5 years, 344 days Independent
Álvaro Barreto
(1890–1975)
6 March
1944
28 March
1959
15 years, 22 days Independent
António Borges
(1901–1986)
30 March
1959
28 February
1970
10 years, 334 days Independent
Fernando Castro
(1922–1983)
11 March
1970
20 October
1972
2 years, 223 days Independent
António Sebastião
(1919–2005)
27 October
1972
7 May
1974
1 year, 192 days Independent
Third Republic (1974–present)
João Conceição
(1927–)
7 May
1974
2 September
1974
118 days Independent
Joaquim Rodrigues
(1925–2004)
2 September
1974
19 November
1975
1 year, 78 days Independent
Lino Ferreira
(1936–)
18 December
1975
30 December
1976
1 year, 12 days Independent
Aquilino Machado
(1930–2012)
4 January
1977
8 January
1980
3 years, 4 days 1976 Socialist
Nuno Krus Abecasis
(1929–1999)
8 January
1980
22 January
1990
10 years, 14 days 1979 Democratic Social Center
Social Democratic
1982
1985
Jorge Sampaio
(1939–2021)
22 January
1990
15 November
1995
5 years, 297 days 1989 Socialist
1993
João Soares
(1949–)
15 November
1995
23 January
2002
6 years, 296 days Socialist
1997
Pedro Santana Lopes
(1956–)
23 January
2002
17 July
2004
2 years, 176 days 2001 Social Democratic
Carmona Rodrigues
(1956–)
17 July
2004
14 March
2005
240 days Social Democratic
Pedro Santana Lopes
(1956–)
14 March
2005
28 October
2005
228 days Social Democratic
Carmona Rodrigues
(1956–)
28 October
2005
17 May
2007
1 year, 201 days 2005 Social Democratic
Marina Ferreira
(1959–)
18 May
2007
31 July
2007
74 days Social Democratic
António Costa
(1961–)
1 August
2007
6 April
2015
7 years, 248 days 2007 Socialist
2009
2013
Fernando Medina
(1973–)
6 April
2015
18 October
2021
6 years, 195 days Socialist
2017
Carlos Moedas
(1970–)
18 October
2021
Incumbent 4 years, 159 days 2021 Social Democratic
2025

See also

References

  • "Lisbon 2007-07-01 Elections announcement". Público. Retrieved 13 March 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  • "Lisbon Pre-2007-07-01 Elections chronology". Retrieved 13 March 2008.