List of Prime Ministers of Portugal
Third Republic (1974–present)

List of Prime Ministers of Portugal

Section Title: Third Republic (1974–present)
Table Section Text: None

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office — Electoral mandates	Political party	Government	President (Mandate)

Provisional Governments of the Revolutionary Period (1974–1976)

National Salvation Junta composed of: António de Spínola, Francisco da Costa Gomes Jaime Silvério Marques, Diogo Neto, Carlos Galvão de Melo José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, António Rosa Coutinho	25 April 1974	16 May 1974	None	—	-

Military junta designated to maintain government following the Carnation Revolution.

102	Adelino da Palma Carlos (1905–1992)	16 May 1974	18 July 1974	Independent	Prov. I

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Lawyer, opponent of the Estado Novo, appointed by presidential nomination. Led a broad-based cabinet.

103	Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves (1921–2005)	18 July 1974	19 September 1975	Independent	Prov. II

Prov. III

-	Prov. IV	Francisco da Costa Gomes (1974–1976)

Prov. V

1975 Cst.

Army colonel with ties with the Communist Party; Nationalization of banks and insurance companies after the events of 11 March 1975; Land reform; Introduction of a minimum wage; PREC

104	José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917–1983)	19 September 1975	23 June 1976	Independent	Prov. VI

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-	Coup of 25 November 1975; Approval of the new Constitution.

Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa (1932–2010) interim	23 June 1976	23 July 1976	Independent	(Prov. VI)

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-	Minister of Internal Administration under Pinheiro de Azevedo; interim Prime Minister when Azevedo suffered a heart attack.

Prime Ministers heading Constitutional Governments (1976–Present)

105	Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (1924–2017)	23 July 1976	28 August 1978	Socialist	I

-	II (PS/CDS)	-

1976

First democratically appointed prime minister; 1976-1978 economic crisis; International Monetary Fund loan; Submission of the candidacy of Portugal to the EEC.

106	Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa (1923–1996)	28 August 1978	22 November 1978	Independent	III

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Appointed by Presidential nomination. Resigned after his cabinet failed to gain Assembly majority.

107	Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto (1936–1985)	22 November 1978	1 August 1979	Independent	IV

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Appointed by presidential nomination.

108	Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva de Matos Pintasilgo (1930–2004)	1 August 1979	3 January 1980	Independent	V

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Appointed by presidential nomination. First and only female Prime Minister of Portugal; Creation of the NHS (National Health Service).

109	Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro (1934–1980)	3 January 1980	4 December 1980 (died)	Social Democratic	VI (AD)

1979, 1980

First centre-right Prime Minister since the Revolution; 1980 Azores Islands earthquake; Died in a plane crash. The accident triggered a number of conspiracy theories.

110	Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (1941–) interim	4 December 1980	9 January 1981	Democratic and Social Centre	(VI (AD))

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister under Francisco Sá Carneiro; interim Prime Minister upon Sá Carneiro's death.

111	Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão (1937–)	9 January 1981	9 June 1983	Social Democratic	VII (AD)

VIII (AD)

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1982 constitutional revision; Abolition of the Council of the Revolution; Creation of the Constitutional Court; Resigns after a poor result in the 1982 local elections.

112	Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (1924–2017) (2nd time)	9 June 1983	6 November 1985	Socialist	IX (PS/PSD)

1983

Central Bloc (PS/PSD) coalition; Portugal's entry to the EEC; 1983-1985 economic crisis; International Monetary Fund loan; Moimenta-Alcafache train crash.

113	Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (1939–)	6 November 1985	28 October 1995	Social Democratic	X

XI

-	XII	-

1985, 1987, 1991

Longest serving prime minister in democracy and 3rd longest in Portuguese history; economic expansion; privatization of many previously government-owned industries; First time a single party won an absolute majority since the revolution; Chiado 1988 fire; 1989 and 1992 constitutional revisions; "Secos e molhados" police protests; Signing of the Maastricht Treaty; end of the Cold War; Gulf War; Legalization of private TV channels; Early 1990s recession; Riots against tolls on Ponte 25 de Abril.

114	António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (1949–)	28 October 1995	6 April 2002	Socialist	XIII

XIV

-	1995, 1999	-

Expo 98; Macau handover; East Timor issue; 1997 and 2001 constitutional revisions; Hintze Ribeiro disaster; Decriminalization of drug use; Portugal joins the European single currency; Resigns after a disastrous result in the 2001 local elections.

115	José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956–)	6 April 2002	17 July 2004	Social Democratic	XV (PSD/CDS-PP)

2002

Prestige disaster; 2003 Portuguese wildfires; Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal; Iraq War; UEFA Euro 2004; 2004 constitutional revision; Resigns to become President of the European Commission.

116	Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (1956–)	17 July 2004	12 March 2005	Social Democratic	XVI (PSD/CDS-PP)

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Mayor of Lisbon (2002-2004, 2005). Replaced José Manuel Barroso as Prime Minister; resigned due to the dissolution of Parliament by the President.

117	José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (1957–)	12 March 2005	21 June 2011	Socialist	XVII

XVIII

-	2005, 2009	-

First time the Socialist Party won an absolute majority; 2005 constitutional revision; 2005 Portuguese wildfires; 2007 Abortion referendum; Treaty of Lisbon; Independente affair; Face Oculta scandal; Same-sex marriage legislation; 2011 Portuguese protests; 2010–13 Portuguese financial crisis.

118	Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (1964–)	21 June 2011	26 November 2015	Social Democratic	XIX (PSD/CDS-PP)

XX (PàF)

2011, 2015

Appointed, after early elections, during the 2010–13 Portuguese financial crisis; Secret Services and Ongoing espionage scandal; September 15, 2012 mass protests; European Fiscal Union approval; 2013 governmental crisis and reshuffle; 2014 BES and ESFG corruption and money laundering scandal; Won the 2015 election but failed to win a majority; Defeated in a vote of no confidence just 10 days after taking the oath of office for his second term.

119	António Luís Santos da Costa (1961–)	26 November 2015	Incumbent	Socialist	XXI

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First Prime Minister from the second largest party in the elections; Formed a parliamentary agreement with the Left Bloc, the Portuguese Communist Party and the Ecologist Party "The Greens"; 2017 Portugal wildfires; Tancos military base 2017 robbery; October 2017 wildfires; Corruption scandals involving José Sócrates and his departure from the PS.

Sentence(s)

From June 23, 1976, Vasco Almeida became interim Prime Minister after, Pinheiro de Azevedo suffered with a heart attack.

final_sentence: From June 23, 1976, Vasco Almeida became interim Prime Minister after, Pinheiro de Azevedo suffered with a heart attack.