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 most important in Portugal's politics, even more sought than the office of Minister (following António Costa's resignation from a Minister's position to dispute the 2007 elections, which he won).
Mayor | From | To | Party | Notes | |
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Pedro Augusto Franco, 1º Conde do Restelo | 1894 | 1896 | |||
Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso da Silva | 1897 | 1898 | |||
Pedro Augusto Franco, 1º Conde do Restelo | 1899 | 1901 | |||
António José de Ávila | 1901 | 1903 | 2nd Count of Ávila and 2nd Marquis of Ávila and Bolama | ||
António de Azevedo Castelo-Branco | 1904 | 1906 | |||
Teodoro Ferreira Pinto Basto | 1907 | 1907 | |||
José Adolfo de Melo e Sousa | 1909 | 1909 | |||
Anselmo Braamcamp Freire | 1909 | 1913 | |||
António Xavier Correia Barreto | 1913 | 1913 | |||
João Catanho de Meneses | 1914 | 1914 | |||
Eduardo Alberto Lima Basto | 1914 | 1914 | |||
Henrique Jardim de Vilhena | 1915 | 1915 | |||
João Carlos Alberto da Costa Gomes | 1915 | 1917 | |||
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar | 1918 | 1918 | |||
José Carlos da Maia | 1918 | 1918 | |||
Zeferino Cândido Falcão Pacheco | 1918 | 1918 | |||
José Tavares de Araújo e Castro | 1918 | 1919 | |||
Alberto Ferreira Vidal | 1919 | 1919 | |||
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar | 1919 | 1920 | |||
Agostinho Inácio da Conceição Estrela | 1920 | 1923 | |||
Albano Augusto de Portugal Durão | 1923 | 1925 | |||
Sebastião da Costa Santos | 1925 | 1925 | |||
José Vicente de Freitas | 1926 | 1933 | Appointed by the Government of the Ditadura Nacional | ||
Adriano da Costa Macedo | 1933 | 1934 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Linhares de Lima | 1934 | 1935 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Daniel Rodrigues de Sousa | 1935 | 1937 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Duarte Pacheco | 1938 | 1943 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo. Acumula o cargo com o de Ministro das Obras Públicas e Comunicações | ||
Eduardo Rodrigues de Carvalho | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||||
Álvaro Salvação Barreto | 1944 | 1959 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
António Vitorino da França Borges | 1960 | 1970 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro | 1970 | 1971 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
António Jorge da Silva Sebastião | 1972 | 1974 | Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo | ||
Joaquim Caldeira Rodrigues | 1974 | 1975 | Appointed by the Government of the Democratic Portuguese Third Republic | ||
Lino José Góis Ferreira | 1975 | 1977 | Appointed by the Government of the Democratic Portuguese Third Republic. | ||
Aquilino Ribeiro Machado | 1977 | 1980 | PS | Elected | |
Nuno Krus Abecassis | 1980 | 1989 | CDS | Elected | |
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio | 1989 | 1996 | PS | Elected. Left in order to become President of the Republic | |
João Barroso Soares | 1996 | 6 January 2002 | PS | Substituted the former. Elected in the following elections | |
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes | 6 January 2002 | July 2004 | PSD | Elected. Left in order to become Prime Minister, appointed following Durão Barroso's resignation. | |
António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues | July 2004 | 15 March 2005 | Independent with PSD | Substituted the former | |
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes | 15 March 2005 | 28 October 2005 | PSD | Returned after having lost the legislative elections. Later resigned. | |
António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues | 28 October 2005 | 17 May 2007 | Independent without PSD | Substituted the former (again), who resigned. Elected in the following elections. Removed from office (in 17 May 2007) after him and members of his team were charged with presidency related criminal irregularities, in the first months of 2007. Disputed 1 July 2007 elections, again as an independent, but lost. | |
(appointed council) | 17 May 2007 | 31 July 2007 | Appointed Transitional council until elections. | ||
António Luís dos Santos da Costa | 1 August 2007 | PS | Elected in intermediate elections, for a 2-year half-term. |