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.

President of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira
Presidente da Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira
Coat of arms of Madeira
Flag of Madeira
Incumbent Rubina Leal since 10 April 2025
Style	His/Her excellency
Nominator	5–15 members of the legislature
Appointer	Legislative Assembly of Madeira; Elected by the majority of the members of the legislature
Term length	4 years if the legislature is not dissolved sooner; No term limits
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Portugal
Inaugural holder	Emanuel Rodrigues
Formation	19 July 1976
Deputy	José Prada; Rafaela Fernandes; Rafael Nunes
Website	alram.pt

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.^[1]

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 Rubina Leal, the first woman to hold the post.^[2]

Two of the presidents were physicians (Nélio and Miguel Mendonça), two were/are lawyers (Rodrigues and Tranquada Gomes) and one (Leal) a Sociologist before taking office.

List of presidents

The colors indicate the political affiliation of each president.^[3][4]

  Social Democratic

  CDS – People's Party

Term	No.	President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Party
				Took office	Left office
Legislative Assembly of Madeira (1976–present)
I	1	Emanuel Rodrigues (born 1943)		19 July 1976	8 November 1984	Social Democratic
II
III	2	Nélio Mendonça (1930–2009)		8 November 1984	1994	Social Democratic
IV
V
	3	Miguel Mendonça (born 1935)		1994	20 April 2015	Social Democratic
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
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	10 April 2025	CDS – People's Party
XIII
XIV
XV	6	Rubina Leal (born 1966)		10 April 2025	Incumbent	Social Democratic