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 Minister's position to dispute the 2007 elections, which he won).
Mayor | From | To | Party | Notes | |
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Pedro Augusto Franco, 1º Conde do Restelo | 1894 | 1896 | |||
Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso da Silva | 1897 | 1898 | |||
Pedro Augusto Franco, 1º Conde do Restelo | 1899 | 1901 | |||
António José de Ávila | 1901 | 1903 | 2nd Count of Ávila and 2nd Marquis of Ávila and Bolama | ||
António de Azevedo Castelo-Branco | 1904 | 1906 | |||
Teodoro Ferreira Pinto Basto | 1907 | 1907 | |||
José Adolfo de Melo e Sousa | 1909 | 1909 | |||
Anselmo Braamcamp Freire | 1909 | 1913 | |||
António Xavier Correia Barreto | 1913 | 1913 | |||
João Catanho de Meneses | 1914 | 1914 | |||
Eduardo Alberto Lima Basto | 1914 | 1914 | |||
Henrique Jardim de Vilhena | 1915 | 1915 | |||
João Carlos Alberto da Costa Gomes | 1915 | 1917 | |||
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar | 1918 | 1918 | |||
José Carlos da Maia | 1918 | 1918 | |||
Zeferino Cândido Falcão Pacheco | 1918 | 1918 | |||
José Tavares de Araújo e Castro | 1918 | 1919 | |||
Alberto Ferreira Vidal | 1919 | 1919 | |||
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar | 1919 | 1920 | |||
Agostinho Inácio da Conceição Estrela | 1920 | 1923 | |||
Albano Augusto de Portugal Durão | 1923 | 1925 | |||
Sebastião da Costa Santos | 1925 | 1925 | |||
José Vicente de Freitas | 1926 | 1933 | Appointed by the Government of the Ditadura Nacional | ||
Adriano da Costa Macedo | 1933 | 1934 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Linhares de Lima | 1934 | 1935 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Daniel Rodrigues de Sousa | 1935 | 1937 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Duarte Pacheco | 1938 | 1943 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo, in addition to simultaneous the post of Minister for Public Works. | ||
Eduardo Rodrigues de Carvalho | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||||
Álvaro Salvação Barreto | 1944 | 1959 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
António Vitorino da França Borges | 1960 | 1970 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro | 1970 | 1971 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
António Jorge da Silva Sebastião | 1972 | 1974 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Joaquim Caldeira Rodrigues | 1974 | 1975 | Appointed by the Government of the Democratic Portuguese Third Republic | ||
Lino José Góis Ferreira | 1975 | 1977 | Appointed by the Government of the Democratic Portuguese Third Republic. | ||
Aquilino Ribeiro Machado | 1977 | 1980 | PS | First democratically elected mayor of Lisbon after the Carnation Revolution. | |
Nuno Krus Abecasis | 1980 | 1989 | CDS, also supported by PSD | Elected three times. | |
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio | 1989 | 1996 | PS, also supported by PCP | Elected twice. Resigned after being elected President of the Republic. | |
João Barroso Soares | 1996 | 6 January 2002 | PS, also supported by PCP | Substituted the former. Elected in the following election. | |
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes | 6 January 2002 | July 2004 | PSD | Resigned in order to become Prime Minister, appointed by the President of Portugal, following Durão Barroso's resignation to become president of the European Commission. | |
António Pedro de Nobre Carmona Rodrigues | July 2004 | 15 March 2005 | Non-partisan (supported by PSD) | Formerly deputy mayor, substituted the former mayor. | |
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes | 15 March 2005 | 28 October 2005 | PSD | Returned after having lost the legislative elections. Later resigned again. | |
António Pedro de Nobre Carmona Rodrigues | 28 October 2005 | 17 May 2007 | Non-partisan (supported by PSD) | Substituted the former (again), who resigned. Elected in the following elections. Removed from office (on 17 May 2007) after him and members of his cabinet were charged with presidency related criminal irregularities, in the first months of 2007. Disputed the mid-term election on July 15, 2007 without any party's support, but lost. | |
(appointed council) | 17 May 2007 | 31 July 2007 | Appointed transitional council until elections. | ||
António Luís Santos da Costa | 1 August 2007 | 6 April 2015 | PS | 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. | |
Fernando Medina Maciel Almeida Correia | 6 April 2015 | incumbent | PS | Formerly deputy mayor, substituted the former mayor. |
References
- "Lisbon 2007-07-01 Elections announcement". Público (journal). Retrieved 13 March 2008.
- "Lisbon Pre-2007-07-01 Elections chronology". Retrieved 13 March 2008.
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