President of the CDS – People's Party
| President of the CDS – People's Party | |
|---|---|
since 3 April 2022 | |
| Status | Party leader |
| Inaugural holder | Diogo Freitas do Amaral |
| Formation | 19 July 1974 |
The president of the CDS – People's Party is highest position within the Portuguese CDS – People's Party (PSD). The current holder is Nuno Melo, who was elected to the position on 3 April 2022.[1]
List of presidents of the CDS – People's Party
| Colour key (for political parties) |
|---|
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Took office | Left office | Election | Prime Minister | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941–2019) |
Lisbon | 19 July 1974 | 20 February 1983 | – | Vasco Gonçalves (1974–1975) | [2] | ||
| José Pinheiro de Azevedo (1975–1976) | |||||||||
| Mário Soares (1976–1978) | |||||||||
| Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1978) | |||||||||
| Carlos Mota Pinto (1978–1979) | |||||||||
| Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1979–1980) | |||||||||
| Francisco Sá Carneiro (1980) | |||||||||
| himself (1980–1981) | |||||||||
| Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981–1983) | |||||||||
| 2 | Francisco Lucas Pires (1944–1998) |
Porto (1976–1979) Coimbra (1979–1983) Lisbon (1983–1987) |
20 February 1983 | 13 April 1986 | 1983 | [3] | |||
| Mário Soares (1983–1985) | |||||||||
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1985–1995) | |||||||||
| 3 | Adriano Moreira (1922–2022) |
Bragança (1980–1983) Porto (1983–1987) Lisbon (1987–1995) |
13 April 1986 | 31 January 1988 | 1986 | [4] | |||
| 4 | Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941–2019) |
Lisbon | 31 January 1988 | 22 March 1992 | 1988 | [2] | |||
| 5 | Manuel Monteiro (b. 1962) |
Porto (1985–1987) Braga (1995–1999) |
22 March 1992 | 22 March 1998 | 1992 | [5] | |||
| António Guterres (1995–2002) | |||||||||
| 6 | Paulo Portas (b. 1962) |
Aveiro (1995–2015) Lisbon (2015–2016) |
22 March 1998 | 24 April 2005 | 1998 | [6] | |||
| José Durão Barroso (2002–2004) | |||||||||
| Pedro Santana Lopes (2004–2005) | |||||||||
| José Sócrates (2005–2011) | |||||||||
| 7 | José Ribeiro e Castro (b. 1953) |
Braga (1976–1979) Aveiro (1979–1980) Lisbon (1980–1983) Braga (1999–2002) Porto (2009–2015) Lisbon (2022) |
24 April 2005 | 21 April 2007 | 2005 | [7] | |||
| 8 | Paulo Portas (b. 1962) |
Aveiro (1995–2015) Lisbon (2015–2016) |
21 April 2007 | 13 March 2016 | 2007 | [6] | |||
| Pedro Passos Coelho (2011–2015) | |||||||||
| António Costa (2015–2024) | |||||||||
| 9 | Assunção Cristas (b. 1974) |
Leiria (2009–2019) Lisbon (2019–2020) |
13 March 2016 | 25 January 2020 | 2016 | [8] | |||
| 10 | Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos (b. 1988) |
Porto (2019–2022) Lisbon (2022) |
25 January 2020 | 3 April 2022 | 2020 | ||||
| 11 | Nuno Melo (b. 1966) |
Braga (1999–2009) Porto (since 2024) |
3 April 2022 | present | 2022 | [9] | |||
| Luís Montenegro (since 2024) | |||||||||
By time in office
| # | Name | Time in office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulo Portas | 1998–2005; 2007–2016 | 15 years, 360 days |
| 2 | Diogo Freitas do Amaral | 1974–1983; 1988–1992 | 12 years, 267 days |
| 3 | Manuel Monteiro | 1992–1998 | 6 years, 0 days |
| 4 | Nuno Melo | 2022–present | 3 years, 351 days (Incumbent) |
| 5 | Assunção Cristas | 2016–2020 | 3 years, 318 days |
| 6 | Francisco Lucas Pires | 1983–1986 | 3 years, 52 days |
| 7 | Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos | 2020–2022 | 2 years, 68 days |
| 8 | José Ribeiro e Castro | 2005–2007 | 1 year, 362 days |
| 9 | Adriano Moreira | 1986–1988 | 1 year, 293 days |
References
- ^ "Órgãos Nacionais". www.cds.pt. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ a b "Biografia | Diogo Freitas do Amaral". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Biografia | Francisco Lucas Pires". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Biografia | Adriano Moreira". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Biografia | Manuel Monteiro". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ a b "Biografia | Paulo Portas". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Biografia | José Ribeiro e Castro". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Biografia | Assunção Cristas". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Biografia | Nuno Melo". Assembleia da República. Retrieved 2025-12-25.