List of presidents of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
| President of the Assembly of the Republic | |
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| Presidente da Assembleia da República | |
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| Style | Mr President (within the Assembly of the Republic) His Excellency (diplomatic) |
| Appointer | Assembly of the Republic |
| Term length | No term limit |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Portugal |
| Inaugural holder | Vasco da Gama Fernandes |
| Formation | 29 July 1976 |
| Website | www.parlamento.pt |
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| Constitution |
This is a list of presidents of the Assembly of the Republic, the unicameral legislative body of Portugal.[1]
List
[edit]The colors indicate the political affiliation of each president.
| Term | No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| President of the National Assembly (1933–1974) | |||||||
| I | 1 |  |
José Alberto dos Reis (1875–1955) |
10 January 1935 | 26 November 1945 | 10 years, 320 days | National Union |
| II | |||||||
| III | |||||||
| IV | 2 | |
Albino dos Reis | 26 November 1945 | 25 November 1961 | 15 years, 364 days | National Union |
| V | |||||||
| VI | |||||||
| VII | |||||||
| VIII | 3 | |
Mário de Figueiredo | 25 November 1961 | 19 September 1969 † | 7 years, 328 days | National Union |
| IX | |||||||
| X | 4 | |
Carlos Monteiro do Amaral Neto | 25 November 1969 | 25 April 1974 | 4 years, 151 days | National Union (renamed People's National Action in 1970) |
| President of the Constituent Assembly (1975–1976) | |||||||
| – | – | |
Henrique de Barros (1904–2000) |
3 June 1975 | 2 April 1976 | 304 days | Socialist |
| President of the Assembly of the Republic (1976–present) | |||||||
| I | 1 | |
Vasco da Gama Fernandes (1908–1991) |
29 July 1976 | 29 October 1978 | 2 years, 92 days | Socialist |
| 2 | |
Teófilo Carvalho dos Santos (1906–1986) |
30 October 1978 | 7 January 1980 | 1 year, 69 days | Socialist | |
| 3 | |
Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida (1924–2006) |
8 January 1980 | 21 October 1981 | 1 year, 286 days | Social Democratic | |
| II | |||||||
| 4 | |
Francisco de Oliveira Dias (1930–2019) |
22 October 1981 | 2 November 1982 | 1 year, 11 days | CDS – People's Party | |
| 5 | |
Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida (1924–2006) |
3 November 1982 | 30 May 1983 | 208 days | Social Democratic | |
| III | 6 | |
Manuel Tito de Morais (1910–1999) |
8 June 1983 | 24 October 1984 | 1 year, 138 days | Socialist |
| 7 | |
Fernando Amaral (1925–2009) |
25 October 1984 | 12 August 1987 | 2 years, 291 days | Social Democratic | |
| IV | |||||||
| V | 8 | |
Victor Crespo (1932–2014) |
25 August 1987 | 3 November 1991 | 4 years, 70 days | Social Democratic |
| VI | 9 | |
António Barbosa de Melo (1932–2016) |
7 November 1991 | 26 October 1995 | 3 years, 353 days | Social Democratic |
| VII | 10 | .png) |
António de Almeida Santos (1926–2016) |
31 October 1995 | 4 April 2002 | 6 years, 155 days | Socialist |
| VIII | |||||||
| IX | 11 | .jpg) |
Mota Amaral (born 1943) |
10 April 2002 | 16 March 2005 | 2 years, 340 days | Social Democratic |
| X | 12 | .jpg) |
Jaime Gama (born 1947) |
16 March 2005 | 21 June 2011 | 6 years, 97 days | Socialist |
| XI | |||||||
| XII | 13 | .png) |
Maria da Assunção Esteves (born 1956) |
21 June 2011 | 23 October 2015 | 4 years, 124 days | Social Democratic |
| XIII | 14 | .jpg) |
Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (born 1949) |
23 October 2015 | 29 March 2022 | 6 years, 157 days | Socialist |
| XIV | |||||||
| XV | 15 | ._Arrivals_Augusto_Santos_Silva_(36284887033)_(cropped).jpg)
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Augusto Santos Silva (born 1956) |
29 March 2022 | 25 March 2024 | 1 year, 362 days | Socialist |
| XVI | 16 |
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José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (born 1957) |
27 March 2024 | present | 133 days | Social Democratic |
See also
[edit]References and footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Antigos Presidentes (Assembleia Constituinte e Assembleia da República)". Assembleia da República. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.