Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)

The Leader of the Opposition () is an unofficial honorary title given to the leader of the largest party in the Assembly of the Republic.

List of leaders of the opposition
 Colour key
 Date  Main opposition partyParty Leader Prime Minister  23 July 1976 PSD63x63px Francisco Sá Carneiro Mário Soares(1976–1978) 16 April 1977 António de Sousa Franco 15 April 1978 José Menéres Pimentel 2 July 197863x63px Francisco Sá Carneiro 29 August 1978 PS63x63px Mário Soares Alfredo Nobre da Costa(1978) Carlos Mota Pinto(1978–1979) Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo(1979–1980) Francisco Sá Carneiro(1980) Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1980–1981) Francisco Pinto Balsemão(1981–1983) 9 June 1983 PCP75x75px Álvaro Cunhal Mário Soares(1983–1985)4 November 1985PS65x65pxAntónio de Almeida Santos(interim)Aníbal Cavaco Silva(1985–1995)13 November 1985António Macedo(interim) 29 June 198672x72px Vítor Constâncio 6 November 1988 Jorge Sampaio 23 February 199267x67px António Guterres 28 October 1995 PSD67x67px Fernando Nogueira António Guterres(1995–2002) 29 March 199666x66px Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa 1 May 199964x64px José Manuel Durão Barroso 6 April 2002 PS Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues José Manuel Durão Barroso(2002–2004) Pedro Santana Lopes(2004–2005) 24 September 200463x63px José Sócrates 12 March 2005 PSD75x75px Pedro Santana Lopes José Sócrates(2005–2011) 10 April 200550x50px Luís Marques Mendes 28 September 200765x65px Luís Filipe Menezes 31 May 200866x66px Manuela Ferreira Leite 26 March 201066x66px Pedro Passos Coelho 21 June 2011 PS63x63px José Sócrates Pedro Passos Coelho(2011–2015) 23 July 201164x64px António José Seguro 28 September 201454x54px Maria de Belém Roseira(interim)22 November 201471x71pxAntónio Costa 26 November 2015 PSD66x66px Pedro Passos Coelho António Costa(2015–2024) 18 February 201874x74px Rui Rio 3 July 2022 71x71px Luís Montenegro 2 April 2024 PS 71x71px Pedro Nuno Santos Luís Montenegro(2024–present)24 May 202565x65pxCarlos César(interim)3 June 2025CH71x71pxAndré Ventura

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