List of Portuguese Presidents by longevity

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Mário Soares is the oldest President still living.
Mário Soares is the oldest President still living.
At 63 years and 111 days, António José de Almeida is the shortest-lived President not to die in office.
At 63 years and 111 days, António José de Almeida is the shortest-lived President not to die in office.
At 46 years and 237 days, Sidónio Pais is the youngest President to die. He was assassinated on 14 December 1918, in office.
At 46 years and 237 days, Sidónio Pais is the youngest President to die. He was assassinated on 14 December 1918, in office.

This is a list of Portugueses Presidents by longevity. Two measures of the longevity are given. The first column is the number of days between date of birth and date of death; the second column breaks this number down into years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Mário Soares is the current oldest President still living and the 5th longest lived President ever. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to June 9, 2008.








Rank President Date of birth Date of death Longevity
days years/days
1 Bernardino Machado 28 March 1851 29 April 1944 34,000 93y 55d
2 Américo Thomaz 19 November 1894 18 September 1987 33,905 92y 325d
3 Francisco da Costa Gomes 30 June 1914 31 July 2001 31,808 87y 53d
4 António de Spínola 11 April 1910 13 August 1996 31,536 86y 146d
5 Mário Soares 7 December 1924 30,500 83y 185d
6 José Mendes Cabeçadas 19 August 1883 11 June 1965 29,881 81y 316d
7 António Óscar Carmona 24 November 1869 18 April 1951 29,729 81y 164d
8 António de Oliveira Salazar 28 April 1889 27 July 1970 29,674 81y 109d
9 Teófilo Braga 24 February 1843 28 January 1924 29,557 80y 357d
10 Manuel Teixeira Gomes 27 May 1862 18 October 1941 28,998 79y 163d
11 Manuel de Arriaga 8 July 1840 5 March 1917 27,998 76y 258d
12 António Ramalho Eanes 25 January 1935 26,799 73y 136d
13 João do Canto e Castro 19 May 1862 14 March 1934 26,231 71y 316d
14 Francisco Craveiro Lopes 12 April 1894 2 September 1964 25,709 70y 159d
15 Aníbal Cavaco Silva 15 July 1939 25,167 68y 330d
16 Jorge Sampaio 18 September 1939 25,102 68y 265d
17 Manuel Gomes da Costa 14 January 1863 17 December 1929 24,443 66y 353d
18 António José de Almeida 27 July 1866 31 October 1929 23,106 63y 111d
19 Sidónio Pais 1 May 1872 14 December 1918 17,027 46y 237d

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