President of the
Assembly of the Republic
Presidente da Assembleia da República
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Incumbent
Augusto Santos Silva
since 29 March 2022
StyleMr President (within the Assembly of the Republic)
His Excellency (diplomatic)
AppointerAssembly of the Republic
Term lengthNo term limit
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Portugal
Inaugural holderVasco da Gama Fernandes
Formation29 July 1976; 47 years ago (1976-07-29)
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This is a list of presidents of the Assembly of the Republic, the unicameral legislative body of Portugal.[1]

List

The colors indicate the political affiliation of each president.

  National Union
  Socialist
  Social Democratic
  CDS – People's Party
Term No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
President of the National Assembly (1933–1974)
I 1 José Alberto dos Reis
(1875–1955)		 10 January 1935 26 November 1945 10 years, 320 days National Union
II
III
IV 2 Albino dos Reis 26 November 1945 25 November 1961 15 years, 364 days National Union
V
VI
VII
VIII 3 Mário de Figueiredo 25 November 1961 19 September 1969 † 7 years, 328 days National Union
IX
X 4 Carlos Monteiro do Amaral Neto 25 November 1969 25 April 1974 4 years, 151 days National Union
(renamed People's National Action in 1970)
President of the Constituent Assembly (1975–1976)
– – Henrique de Barros
(1904–2000)		 3 June 1975 2 April 1976 304 days Socialist
President of the Assembly of the Republic (1976–present)
I 1 Vasco da Gama Fernandes
(1908–1991)		 29 July 1976 29 October 1978 2 years, 92 days Socialist
2 Teófilo Carvalho dos Santos
(1906–1986)		 30 October 1978 7 January 1980 1 year, 69 days Socialist
3 Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida
(1924–2006)		 8 January 1980 21 October 1981 1 year, 286 days Social Democratic
II
4 Francisco de Oliveira Dias
(1930–2019)		 22 October 1981 2 November 1982 1 year, 11 days CDS – People's Party
5 Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida
(1924–2006)		 3 November 1982 30 May 1983 208 days Social Democratic
III 6 Manuel Tito de Morais
(1910–1999)		 8 June 1983 24 October 1984 1 year, 138 days Socialist
7 Fernando Amaral
(1925–2009)		 25 October 1984 12 August 1987 2 years, 291 days Social Democratic
IV
V 8 Victor Crespo
(1932–2014)		 25 August 1987 3 November 1991 4 years, 70 days Social Democratic
VI 9 António Barbosa de Melo
(1932–2016)		 7 November 1991 26 October 1995 3 years, 353 days Social Democratic
VII 10 António de Almeida Santos
(1926–2016)		 31 October 1995 4 April 2002 6 years, 155 days Socialist
VIII
IX 11 Mota Amaral
(born 1943)		 10 April 2002 16 March 2005 2 years, 340 days Social Democratic
X 12 Jaime Gama
(born 1947)		 16 March 2005 21 June 2011 6 years, 97 days Socialist
XI
XII 13 Maria da Assunção Esteves
(born 1956)		 21 June 2011 23 October 2015 4 years, 124 days Social Democratic
XIII 14 Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
(born 1949)		 23 October 2015 29 March 2022 6 years, 157 days Socialist
XIV
XV 15 Augusto Santos Silva
(born 1956) 		29 March 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 352 days Socialist

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ^ "Antigos Presidentes (Assembleia Constituinte e Assembleia da República)". Assembleia da República. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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