# President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira

The president of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira is the speaker of the regional parliament of this autonomous region of Portugal.
The position was created in 1976 after the newly enacted Constitution of Portugal, which followed the 1974 Revolution, granted legislative autonomy to the Azores and Madeira archipelagoes, thus establishing the Portuguese Autonomous Regions and the respective governing bodies. It is analogous to the position of president of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores and both are equally 14th in the Portuguese order of precedence, being this the highest ranking position of any regional governing body.
Following the first Madeiran regional elections the same year, which resulted in the Democratic Peoples' Party (now Social Democratic Party) having the majority of members of parliament, Emanuel Nascimento dos Santos Rodrigues was elected the first president of the Legislative Assembly. The position has since been held by members of the same party, which has never lost its majority. The current President is José Manuel Rodrigues, who is a member of the Assembly since 1996.
Two of the presidents were physicians (Nélio and Miguel Mendonça) and the other two were/are lawyers (Rodrigues and Tranquada Gomes) before taking office.

## List of presidents

The colors indicate the political affiliation of each president.
    Social Democratic
    CDS – People's Party
| Term | No. | President (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Term of office | Term of office | Party |
| Term | No. | President (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Legislative Assembly of Madeira (1976–present) |||||||
| I | 1 | Emanuel Rodrigues (born 1943) | | 19 July 1976 | 8 November 1984 | Social Democratic |
| II | 1 | Emanuel Rodrigues (born 1943) | | 19 July 1976 | 8 November 1984 | Social Democratic |
| III | 2 | Nélio Mendonça (1930–2009) | | 8 November 1984 | 1994 | Social Democratic |
| IV | 2 | Nélio Mendonça (1930–2009) | | 8 November 1984 | 1994 | Social Democratic |
| V | 2 | Nélio Mendonça (1930–2009) | | 8 November 1984 | 1994 | Social Democratic |
| V | 3 | Miguel Mendonça (born 1935) | | 1994 | 20 April 2015 | Social Democratic |
| VI | 3 | Miguel Mendonça (born 1935) | | 1994 | 20 April 2015 | Social Democratic |
| VII | 3 | Miguel Mendonça (born 1935) | | 1994 | 20 April 2015 | Social Democratic |
| VIII | 3 | Miguel Mendonça (born 1935) | | 1994 | 20 April 2015 | Social Democratic |
| IX | 3 | Miguel Mendonça (born 1935) | | 1994 | 20 April 2015 | Social Democratic |
| X | 3 | Miguel Mendonça (born 1935) | | 1994 | 20 April 2015 | Social Democratic |
| XI | 4 | José Tranquada Gomes (born 1958) | | 20 April 2015 | 15 October 2019 | Social Democratic |
| XII | 5 | José Manuel Rodrigues (born 1960) | | 15 October 2019 | Incumbent | CDS – People's Party |
| XIII | 5 | José Manuel Rodrigues (born 1960) | | 15 October 2019 | Incumbent | CDS – People's Party |
| XIV | 5 | José Manuel Rodrigues (born 1960) | | 15 October 2019 | Incumbent | CDS – People's Party |

## References and footnotes

* ↑ "Lei das Precedências do Protocolo do Estado Português" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
* ↑ "Presidentes Anteriores". Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
* ↑ "Presidente – Nota Biográfica". Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.