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 ministerial position to contest the 2007 elections, which he won).

Graphical timeline (since 1974)

Mayors of Lisbon

Further information (in Portuguese): List of Lisbon City Council senate presidents ^[pt]

No.	Portrait	President (Birth–Death)	Term of office — Electoral mandates		Political party
Constitutional Monarchy – Second Liberalism (1834–1910)
1		Luís Moura (1801–1865)	1840	1840
2		Joaquim Bonifácio (1801–1865)	1840	1840
3		José Gomes (1800–1882)	1840	1842
4		Joaquim Bandeira (1XXX–1XXX)	1843	1845
5		Luís Cabral (1763–1XXX)	1846	1846
6		Luís Cabral (1763–1XXX)	1846	1846
7		Augusto Silva (1XXX–1XXX)	1847	1847
8		Gonçalo Carvalho (1XXX–1XXX)	November 1847	2 January 1849
9		Nuno Bastos (1XXX–1XXX)	1850	1852
10		Alberto Carvalho (1XXX–1XXX)	1852	1853
11		Manuel Monteiro (1818–1890)	1854	1858
12		Júlio Pimentel (1809–1884)	1858	1859
13		João Sousa (1811–1872)	1859	1860
14		António Carvalho (1818–1864)	1860	4 August 1864
			Died in office.
15		Manuel Almeida (1803–1873)	1864	2 January 1866
16		António Silva (1806–1894)	2 January 1866	5 March 1868
17		Luís Lorena (1828–1894)	5 March 1868	2 January 1870	Progressive
18		António Sousa (1836–1892)	2 January 1870	1871
19		Francisco Mendonça (1830–1882)	1872	1875
20		Luís Albuquerque (1819–1906)	1876	1877
21		António Sousa (1836–1892)	23 June 1877	1 August 1877
22		Luís Lorena (1828–1894)	1 August 1877	2 January 1878	Progressive
23		José Garcia (1830–1891)	2 January 1878	18 August 1878	Reformist Republican
24		José Araújo (1840–1893)	18 August 1878	2 January 1886
25		Fernando Cabral (1850–1897)	2 January 1886	10 March 1890	Regenerator Progressive
26		Simões Margiochi (1848–1904)	11 March 1890	4 November 1890	Regenerator
27		Pedro Sarmento (1829–1903)	4 November 1890	8 August 1891
28		Manuel Ottolini (1840–1898)	10 August 1891	2 January 1894
29		Pedro Franco (1833–1902)	2 January 1894	15 February 1897	Progressive
30		Zófimo Pedroso (1851–1910)	15 February 1897	1 January 1899	Republican
31		Pedro Franco (1833–1902)	1 January 1899	11 September 1901	Progressive
32		António de Ávila (1842–1917)	11 September 1901	1902
33		António Castelo Branco (1842–1916)	1904	1907
34		Teodoro Basto (1839–1920)	3 January 1907	6 June 1907
35		José Sousa (1858–1925)	8 June 1907	17 February 1908	Regenerator
36		António Castelo Branco (1842–1916)	1908	1908
First Republic (1910–1926)
37		Anselmo Freire (1849–1921)	27 October 1910	1 February 1913
			Served as Deputy Mayor from 1908 to 1910.
38		António Barreto (1853–1939)	6 February 1913	2 January 1914
39		João Menezes (1854–1942)	2 January 1914	18 April 1914
40		Eduardo Basto (1875–1942)	18 April 1914	12 December 1914
41		Henrique Vilhena (1879–1958)	2 January 1915	1 November 1915
42		João Gomes (1868–1929)	1 November 1915	2 January 1918
43		Alfredo Gaspar (1865–1938)	2 January 1918	14 January 1918
44		José Maia (1878–1921)	14 January 1918	9 March 1918
			Resigned after appointment as Ministry of Maritime Affairs.
45		Zeferino Pacheco (1856–1924)	15 March 1918	27 June 1918
46		José Castro (1870–1954)	June 1918	February 1919
47		Alberto Vidal (1871–1967)	7 March 1919	16 June 1919
48		Alfredo Gaspar (1865–1938)	16 June 1919	2 January 1920
49		Agostinho Estrela (1867–1952)	2 January 1920	3 April 1923
50		Albano Durão (1871–1925)	5 April 1923	13 November 1925	Republican
51		Sebastião Santos (1881–1939)	23 November 1925	31 December 1925
			Served as Deputy Mayor from 1924 to 1925.
52		João Menezes (1854–1942)	2 January 1926	2 July 1926
Ditadura Nacional – Military Dictatorship (1926–1932)
53		José Freitas (1869–1952)	2 July 1926	31 December 1934
			Appointed by the Government of the Ditadura Nacional.
54		Eugénio Ferreira (1867–1947)	26 August 1927	15 August 1929
			Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo.
Estado Novo – New State (1932–1974)
55		Adriano Macedo (1870–1933)	17 February 1932	19 May 1932 1932
			Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo.
56		Henrique Lima (1876–1953)	18 February 1934	31 December 1934
57		Daniel Sousa (1867–1958)	31 December 1934	31 December 1937
58		Duarte Pacheco (1900–1943)	3 January 1938	16 November 1943
59		Eduardo Carvalho (1891–1970)	25 March 1938	4 March 1944
60		Álvaro Barreto (1890–1975)	6 March 1944	28 March 1959
61		António Borges (1901–1986)	30 March 1959	28 February 1970
62		Fernando Castro (1922–1983)	11 March 1970	20 October 1972
			Resigned after appointment as Governor of Angola.
63		António Sebastião (1919–2005)	27 October 1972	7 May 1974
Third Republic (1974–present)
64		João Conceição (1927–)	7 May 1974	2 September 1974
65		Joaquim Rodrigues (1925–2004)	2 September 1974	19 November 1975
66		Lino Ferreira (1936–)	18 December 1975	30 December 1976
67		Aquilino Machado (1930–2012)	4 January 1977	8 January 1980	Socialist
			1976
			First democratically elected Mayor of Lisbon after the Carnation Revolution.
68		Nuno Krus Abecasis (1929–1999)	8 January 1980	22 January 1990	Democratic Social Center Social Democratic
			1979, 1982, 1985
			Won re-election in 1982 as a member of the Democratic Alliance, running as a CDS candidate, but after the alliance was disbanded in 1983, Abecasis became a member of PSD and won re-election in 1985. Chose to retire and did not contest the 1989 election.
69		Jorge Sampaio (1939–2021)	22 January 1990	15 November 1995	Socialist
			1989, 1993
			Re-elected in 1993. Lisbon as European Capital of Culture in 1994. Resigned after being elected President of the Republic.
70		João Soares (1949–)	15 November 1995	23 January 2002	Socialist
			1997
			Re-elected in 1997. Expo '98. Lost re-election bid in 2001 and conceded defeat to Pedro Santana Lopes.
71		Pedro Santana Lopes (1956–)	23 January 2002	17 July 2004	Social Democratic
			2001
			Resigned in order to become Prime Minister, following Durão Barroso's resignation to become president of the European Commission.
72		Carmona Rodrigues (1956–)	17 July 2004	14 March 2005	Social Democratic
			—
			Formerly deputy mayor, replaced Santana Lopes when he became Prime Minister. Then became deputy mayor again as PSD lost the legislative election and Santana failed to remain in office as Prime Minister.
73		Pedro Santana Lopes (1956–)	14 March 2005	28 October 2005	Social Democratic
			—
			Returned after having lost the legislative elections. Didn't run again (2005). Became Mayor of Figueira da Foz upon the 2021 local election.
74		Carmona Rodrigues (1956–)	28 October 2005	17 May 2007	Social Democratic
			2005
			Replaced Pedro Santana Lopes as PSD candidate and won 2005 local election. Removed from office following an investigation being conducted into allegations of corruption surrounding himself and his cabinet. Disputed the mid-term election on 15 July 2007 without any party's support, but lost.
75		Marina Ferreira (1959–)	18 May 2007	31 July 2007	Social Democratic
			—
			Appointed Mayor as a result of Carmona Rodrigues' departure.
76		António Costa (1961–)	1 August 2007	6 April 2015	Socialist
			2007, 2009, 2013
			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. Became Prime Minister in November 2015.
77		Fernando Medina (1973–)	6 April 2015	18 October 2021	Socialist
			2017
			Formerly deputy mayor (2013–15), replaced António Costa. Reelected in 2017. Lost re-election bid in 2021 and conceded defeat to Carlos Moedas. Became Minister of Finance in March 2022.
78		Carlos Moedas (1970–)	18 October 2021	Incumbent	Social Democratic
			2021
			Former European Commissioner (2014–19). Elected in 2021. World Youth Day 2023.

See also

• Lisbon City Hall
• Lisbon history and timeline
• Local elections in Portugal

References

• "Lisbon 2007-07-01 Elections announcement". Público. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
• "Lisbon Pre-2007-07-01 Elections chronology". Retrieved 13 March 2008.

External links

• "Historia: Presidentes". Cm-lisboa.pt (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Lisboa.