# Chief of the Naval Staff (Portugal)

The Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Navy (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada, acronym: C.E.M.A.) is the head of the Portuguese Navy and of the Maritime Authority System. The CEMA depends on the Minister of National Defense in terms of resources, and on the Army Chief of Staff for preparation and deployment. The current Chief is Admiral Jorge Nobre de Sousa, since 27 December 2024.

## List of chiefs

The following is a list of navy chiefs:

### Second Portuguese Republic (1960–1974)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Minister | Commander-in-Chief | Ref. |
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Minister | Commander-in-Chief | Ref. |
| 1 | Admiral Sousa Uva | 24 November 1960 | 8 January 1963 | 2 years, 45 days | Júlio Botelho Moniz António de Oliveira Salazar Manuel Gomes de Araújo [pt] | Américo Tomás | |
| 2 | Admiral Roboredo e Silva | 9 January 1963 | 10 January 1970 | 7 years, 1 day | Manuel Gomes de Araújo [pt] Horácio de Sá Viana Rebelo [pt] | Américo Tomás | |

### Post Carnation Revolution period (1974–present)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Minister | Commander-in-Chief | Ref. |
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Minister | Commander-in-Chief | Ref. |
| 3 | Admiral Pinheiro Azevedo | 26 April 1974 | 28 November 1975 | 1 year, 216 days | Mário Firmino Miguel [pt] Vítor Alves Silvano Ribeiro [pt] José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo | António de Spínola Francisco da Costa Gomes | |
| 4 | Admiral Sousa Leitão | 9 October 1978 | 21 November 1987 | 9 years, 42 days | Mário Firmino Miguel [pt] José Loureiro dos Santos [pt] Adelino Amaro da Costa Luís de Azevedo Coutinho [pt] Diogo Freitas do Amaral Carlos Mota Pinto Rui Machete Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida Eurico de Melo [pt] | António Ramalho Eanes Mário Soares | |
| 5 | Admiral Ribeiro Pacheco | 28 March 1994 | 1 April 1997 | 3 years, 4 days | Fernando Nogueira António Figueiredo Lopes António Vitorino | Mário Soares Jorge Sampaio | |
| 7 | Admiral Vieira Matias | 2 April 1997 | 2 April 2002 | 5 years, 0 days | António Vitorino José Veiga Simão [pt] Jaime Gama Júlio Castro Caldas Rui Pena [pt] | Jorge Sampaio | |
| 8 | Admiral Mendes Cabeçadas | 7 May 2002 | 4 November 2002 | 181 days | Paulo Portas | Jorge Sampaio | |
| 9 | Admiral Vidal Abreu | 25 November 2002 | 24 November 2005 | 2 years, 364 days | Paulo Portas Luís Amado | Jorge Sampaio | |
| 10 | Admiral Melo Gomes | 28 November 2005 | 28 November 2010 | 5 years, 0 days | Luís Amado Nuno Severiano Teixeira Augusto Santos Silva | Jorge Sampaio Aníbal Cavaco Silva | |
| 11 | Admiral Saldanha Lopes | 30 November 2010 | 29 November 2013 | 2 years, 364 days | Augusto Santos Silva José Pedro Aguiar-Branco | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | |
| 12 | Admiral Macieira Fragoso | 9 December 2013 | 9 December 2016 | 3 years, 0 days | José Pedro Aguiar-Branco José Alberto Azeredo Lopes | Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | |
| 13 | Admiral António da Silva Ribeiro | 10 December 2016 | 28 February 2018 | 1 year, 80 days | José Alberto Azeredo Lopes | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | |
| 14 | Admiral António Maria Mendes Calado [pt] | 1 March 2018 | 27 December 2021 | 3 years, 301 days | José Alberto Azeredo Lopes João Gomes Cravinho | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | |
| 15 | Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo | 27 December 2021 | 27 December 2024 | 3 years, 51 days | João Gomes Cravinho Helena Carreiras Nuno Melo | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | |
| 16 | Admiral Jorge Nobre de Sousa | 27 December 2024 | Incumbent | 51 days | Nuno Melo | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | |