List of mayors of Lisbon

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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).

Graphical timeline (since 1974)

Carlos MoedasFernando MedinaAntónio CostaMarina FerreiraCarmona RodriguesPedro Santana LopesJoão SoaresJorge SampaioNuno Krus AbecasisAquilino Ribeiro MachadoLino FerreiraJoaquim RodriguesJoão Conceição

Mayors of Lisbon

No. Portrait President
(Birth–Death)
Term of office

Electoral mandates
Political party
Constitutional Monarchy – Second Liberalism (1834–1910)
1 Luís Moura
(1801–1865)
1840 1840
2 Joaquim Bonifácio
(1801–1865)
1840 1840
3 José Gomes
(1800–1882)
1840 1842
4 Joaquim Bandeira
(1XXX–1XXX)
1843 1845
5 Luís Cabral
(1763–1XXX)
1846 1846
6 Luís Cabral
(1763–1XXX)
1846 1846
7 Augusto Silva
(1XXX–1XXX)
1847 1847
8 Gonçalo Carvalho
(1XXX–1XXX)
November
1847
2 January
1849
9 Nuno Bastos
(1XXX–1XXX)
1850 1852
10 Alberto Carvalho
(1XXX–1XXX)
1852 1853
11 Manuel Monteiro
(1818–1890)
1854 1858
12 Júlio Pimentel
(1809–1884)
1858 1859
13 João Sousa
(1811–1872)
1859 1860
14 António Carvalho
(1818–1864)
1860 4 August
1864
Died in office.
15 Manuel Almeida
(1803–1873)
1864 2 January
1866
16 António Silva
(1806–1894)
2 January
1866
5 March
1868
17 Luís Lorena
(1828–1894)
5 March
1868
2 January
1870
Progressive
18 António Sousa
(1836–1892)
2 January
1870
1871
19 Francisco Mendonça
(1830–1882)
1872 1875
20 Luís Albuquerque
(1819–1906)
1876 1877
21 António Sousa
(1836–1892)
23 June
1877
1 August
1877
22 Luís Lorena
(1828–1894)
1 August
1877
2 January
1878
Progressive
23 José Garcia
(1830–1891)
2 January
1878
18 August
1878
Reformist
Republican
24 José Araújo
(1840–1893)
18 August
1878
2 January
1886
25 Fernando Cabral
(1850–1897)
2 January
1886
10 March
1890
Regenerator
Progressive
26 Simões Margiochi
(1848–1904)
11 March
1890
4 November
1890
Regenerator
27 Pedro Sarmento
(1829–1903)
4 November
1890
8 August
1891
28 Manuel Ottolini
(1840–1898)
10 August
1891
2 January
1894
29 Pedro Franco
(1833–1902)
2 January
1894
15 February
1897
Progressive
30 Zófimo Pedroso
(1851–1910)
15 February
1897
1 January
1899
Republican
31 Pedro Franco
(1833–1902)
1 January
1899
11 September
1901
Progressive
32 António de Ávila
(1842–1917)
11 September
1901
1902
33 António Castelo Branco
(1842–1916)
1904 1907
34 Teodoro Basto
(1839–1920)
3 January
1907
6 June
1907
35 José Sousa
(1858–1925)
8 June
1907
17 February
1908
Regenerator
36 António Castelo Branco
(1842–1916)
1908 1908
First Republic (1910–1926)
37 Anselmo Freire
(1849–1921)
27 October
1910
1 February
1913
Served as Deputy Mayor from 1908 to 1910.
38 António Barreto
(1853–1939)
6 February
1913
2 January
1914
39 João Menezes
(1854–1942)
2 January
1914
18 April
1914
40 Eduardo Basto
(1875–1942)
18 April
1914
12 December
1914
41 Henrique Vilhena
(1879–1958)
2 January
1915
1 November
1915
42 João Gomes
(1868–1929)
1 November
1915
2 January
1918
43 Alfredo Gaspar
(1865–1938)
2 January
1918
14 January
1918
44 José Maia
(1878–1921)
14 January
1918
9 March
1918
Resigned after appointment as Ministry of Maritime Affairs.
45 Zeferino Pacheco
(1856–1924)
15 March
1918
27 June
1918
46 José Castro
(1870–1954)
June
1918
February
1919
47 Alberto Vidal
(1871–1967)
7 March
1919
16 June
1919
48 Alfredo Gaspar
(1865–1938)
16 June
1919
2 January
1920
49 Agostinho Estrela
(1867–1952)
2 January
1920
3 April
1923
50 Albano Durão
(1871–1925)
5 April
1923
13 November
1925
Republican
51 Sebastião Santos
(1881–1939)
23 November
1925
31 December
1925
Served as Deputy Mayor from 1924 to 1925.
52 João Menezes
(1854–1942)
2 January
1926
2 July
1926
Ditadura Nacional – Military Dictatorship (1926–1932)
53 José Freitas
(1869–1952)
2 July
1926
31 December
1934
Appointed by the Government of the Ditadura Nacional.
54 Eugénio Ferreira
(1867–1947)
26 August
1927
15 August
1929
Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo.
Estado Novo – New State (1932–1974)
55 Adriano Macedo
(1870–1933)
17 February
1932
19 May 1932
1932
Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo.
56 Henrique Lima
(1876–1953)
18 February
1934
31 December
1934
57 Daniel Sousa
(1867–1958)
31 December
1934
31 December
1937
58 Duarte Pacheco
(1900–1943)
3 January
1938
16 November
1943
59 Eduardo Carvalho
(1891–1970)
25 March
1938
4 March
1944
60 Álvaro Barreto
(1890–1975)
6 March
1944
28 March
1959
61 António Borges
(1901–1986)
30 March
1959
28 February
1970
62 Fernando Castro
(1922–1983)
11 March
1970
20 October
1972
Resigned after appointment as Governor of Angola.
63 António Sebastião
(1919–2005)
27 October
1972
7 May
1974
Third Republic (1974–present)
64 João Conceição
(1927–)
7 May
1974
2 September
1974
65 Joaquim Rodrigues
(1925–2004)
2 September
1974
19 November
1975
66 Lino Ferreira
(1936–)
18 December
1975
30 December
1976
67 Aquilino Machado
(1930–2012)
4 January
1977
8 January
1980
Socialist
1976
First democratically elected Mayor of Lisbon after the Carnation Revolution.
68 Nuno Krus Abecasis
(1929–1999)
8 January
1980
22 January
1990
Democratic Alliance
Social Democratic
1979, 1982, 1985
Won re-election in 1982 as a member of the Democratic Alliance, running as a CDS candidate, but after the alliance was disbanded in 1983, Abecasis became a member of PSD and won re-election in 1985. Chose to retire and did not contest the 1989 election.
69 Jorge Sampaio
(1939–2021)
22 January
1990
15 November
1995
Socialist
1989, 1993
Re-elected in 1993. Resigned after being elected President of the Republic.
70 João Soares
(1949–)
15 November
1995
23 January
2002
Socialist
1997
Re-elected in 1997. Lost re-election bid in 2001 and conceded defeat to Pedro Santana Lopes.
71 Pedro Santana Lopes
(1956–)
23 January
2002
17 July
2004
Social Democratic
2001
Resigned in order to become Prime Minister, following Durão Barroso's resignation to become president of the European Commission.
72 Carmona Rodrigues
(1956–)
17 July
2004
14 March
2005
Social Democratic
Formerly deputy mayor, replaced Santana Lopes when he became Prime Minister. Then became deputy mayor again as PSD lost the legislative election and Santana failed to remain in office as Prime Minister.
73 Pedro Santana Lopes
(1956–)
14 March
2005
28 October
2005
Social Democratic
Returned after having lost the legislative elections. Didn't run again (2005). Became Mayor of Figueira da Foz upon the 2021 local election.
74 Carmona Rodrigues
(1956–)
28 October
2005
17 May
2007
Social Democratic
2005
Replaced Pedro Santana Lopes as PSD candidate and won 2005 local election. Removed from office following an investigation being conducted into allegations of corruption surrounding himself and his cabinet. Disputed the mid-term election on 15 July 2007 without any party's support, but lost.
75 Marina Ferreira
(1959–)
18 May
2007
31 July
2007
Social Democratic
Appointed Mayor as a result of Carmona Rodrigues' departure.
76 António Costa
(1961–)
1 August
2007
6 April
2015
Socialist
2007, 2009, 2013
Elected in mid-term elections, for the 2-year remainder. Reelected twice (in 2009 and 2013). Resigned in 2015, following his election as General Secretary of the Socialist Party, in order to focus on the campaign for the legislative elections. Became Prime Minister in November 2015.
77 Fernando Medina
(1973–)
6 April
2015
18 October
2021
Socialist
2017
Formerly deputy mayor (2013–15), replaced António Costa. Reelected in 2017. Lost re-election bid in 2021 and conceded defeat to Carlos Moedas. Became Minister of Finance in March 2022.
78 Carlos Moedas
(1970–)
18 October
2021
Incumbent Social Democratic
2021
Former European Commissioner (2014–19). Elected in 2021. World Youth Day 2023.

See also

References

  • "Lisbon 2007-07-01 Elections announcement". Público. Retrieved 13 March 2008.[permanent dead link]
  • "Lisbon Pre-2007-07-01 Elections chronology". Retrieved 13 March 2008.

External links