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List of mayors of Lisbon

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This is a list of mayors of Lisbon (, literally: "President of the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon", and also , 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). Of the nine elected mayors since 1976, two became Prime Minister of Portugal - Pedro Santana Lopes in 2004 and António Costa in 2015; One became President of the Republic - Jorge Sampaio in 1996.

Graphical timeline (since 1974)

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Mayors of Lisbon

No.	Portrait	President
(Birth–Death)	Term of office
—
Electoral mandates	Political party	Constitutional Monarchy – Second Liberalism (1834–1910)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	First Republic (1910–1926)	38	39	40	41	42	43	45	46	47	48	49	50	52	Ditadura Nacional – Military Dictatorship (1926–1932)	Estado Novo – New State (1932–1974)	56	57	58	59	60	61	63	Third Republic (1974–present)	64	65	66	CDS – People's Party}} 60%, 40%); color:white;"	68
[[File:1.ºCondeDeMelo.png	80px]]	Luís Moura
(1801–1865)	1840	1840
	Joaquim Bonifácio
(1801–1865)	1840	1840
[[File:José Lourenço da Luz Gomes.png	80px]]	José Gomes
(1800–1882)	1840	1842
[[File:Joaquim da Costa Bandeira, Barão de Porto Covo (Arquivo de Imagens do Banco de Portugal).png	80px]]	Joaquim Bandeira
(1XXX–1XXX)	1843	1845
	Luís Cabral
(1763–1XXX)	1846	1846
	Luís Cabral
(1763–1XXX)	1846	1846
	Augusto Silva
(1XXX–1XXX)	1847	1847
	Gonçalo Carvalho
(1XXX–1XXX)	November
1847	2 January
1849
	Nuno Bastos
(1XXX–1XXX)	1850	1852
	Alberto Carvalho
(1XXX–1XXX)	1852	1853
	Manuel Monteiro
(1818–1890)	1854	1858
[[File:Julio Maximo de Oliveira Pimentel.png	80px]]	Júlio Pimentel
(1809–1884)	1858	1859
[[File:João de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa, 3.º Conde de Rio Maior.png	80px]]	João Sousa
(1811–1872)	1859	1860
14	[[File:BarãoDeSantaEngrácia.png	80px]]	António Carvalho
(1818–1864)	1860	4 August
1864
Died in office.
	Manuel Almeida
(1803–1873)	1864	2 January
1866
[[File:2º marquês de Ficalho.png	80px]]	António Silva
(1806–1894)	2 January
1866	5 March
1868
[[File:D. Luis Maria de Carvalho Daún e Lorena, 1.º marquês de Pomares.png	80px]]	Luís Lorena
(1828–1894)	5 March
1868	2 January
1870	Progressive
[[File:António José de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa.png	80px]]	António Sousa
(1836–1892)	2 January
1870	1871
	Francisco Mendonça
(1830–1882)	1872	1875
[[File:Dr. Luiz d'Almeida e Albuquerque - O Occidente (20Ago1904).png	80px]]	Luís Albuquerque
(1819–1906)	1876	1877
[[File:António José de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa.png	80px]]	António Sousa
(1836–1892)	23 June
1877	1 August
1877
[[File:D. Luis Maria de Carvalho Daún e Lorena, 1.º marquês de Pomares.png	80px]]	Luís Lorena
(1828–1894)	1 August
1877	2 January
1878	Progressive
[[File:José Elias Garcia.png	80px]]	José Garcia
(1830–1891)	2 January
1878	18 August
1878	Reformist
Republican
[[File:Rosa Araújo - Emilio Biel & C.ª, Porto (cropped).png	80px]]	José Araújo
(1840–1893)	18 August
1878	2 January
1886
[[File:Fernando Pereira Palha Osório Cabral.jpg	80px]]	Fernando Cabral
(1850–1897)	2 January
1886	10 March
1890	Regenerator
Progressive
[[File:Francisco Simões Margiochi.png	80px]]	Simões Margiochi
(1848–1904)	11 March
1890	4 November
1890	Regenerator
[[File:Pedro João de Morais Sarmento, 8.º Marquês de Fronteira.png	80px]]	Pedro Sarmento
(1829–1903)	4 November
1890	8 August
1891
[[File:Manuel Sarmento Ottolini, Conde de Ottolini.png	80px]]	Manuel Ottolini
(1840–1898)	10 August
1891	2 January
1894
[[File:Conde do Restelo - Pastor (MAR 3094), cropped.png	80px]]	Pedro Franco
(1833–1902)	2 January
1894	15 February
1897	Progressive
[[File:Dr. Consiglieri Pedroso - Illustração Portugueza (26Abr1909).png	80px]]	Zófimo Pedroso
(1851–1910)	15 February
1897	1 January
1899	Republican
[[File:Conde do Restelo - Pastor (MAR 3094), cropped.png	80px]]	Pedro Franco
(1833–1902)	1 January
1899	11 September
1901	Progressive
[[File:Duque de Ávila.png	80px]]	António de Ávila
(1842–1917)	11 September
1901	1902
[[File:António de Azevedo Castelo Branco.png	80px]]	António Castelo Branco
(1842–1916)	1904	1907
[[File:Teodoro Ferreira Pinto Basto.png	80px]]	Teodoro Basto
(1839–1920)	3 January
1907	6 June
1907
[[File:José Adolfo de Melo e Sousa (cropped).png	80px]]	José Sousa
(1858–1925)	8 June
1907	17 February
1908	Regenerator
[[File:António de Azevedo Castelo Branco.png	80px]]	António Castelo Branco
(1842–1916)	1908	1908
37	[[File:Anselmo Braamcamp Freire, c. 1911.png	80px]]	Anselmo Freire
(1849–1921)	27 October
1910	1 February
1913
Served as Deputy Mayor from 1908 to 1910.
[[File:Antonio Xavier Correia Barreto (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png	80px]]	António Barreto
(1853–1939)	6 February
1913	2 January
1914
	João Menezes
(1854–1942)	2 January
1914	18 April
1914
	Eduardo Basto
(1875–1942)	18 April
1914	12 December
1914
[[File:Henrique Jardim de Vilhena.png	80px]]	Henrique Vilhena
(1879–1958)	2 January
1915	1 November
1915
[[File:João Carlos Alberto da Costa Gomes.png	80px]]	João Gomes
(1868–1929)	1 November
1915	2 January
1918
[[File:Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (Arquivo Histórico Parlamentar).png	80px]]	Alfredo Gaspar
(1865–1938)	2 January
1918	14 January
1918
44	[[File:JoséCarlosDaMaia.png	80px]]	José Maia
(1878–1921)	14 January
1918	9 March
1918
Resigned after appointment as Ministry of Maritime Affairs.
[[File:ZeferinoFalcão.png	80px]]	Zeferino Pacheco
(1856–1924)	15 March
1918	27 June
1918
	José Castro
(1870–1954)	June
1918	February
1919
	Alberto Vidal
(1871–1967)	7 March
1919	16 June
1919
[[File:Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (As Constituintes de 1911 e os seus Deputados, Livr. Ferreira, 1911).png	80px]]	Alfredo Gaspar
(1865–1938)	16 June
1919	2 January
1920
	Agostinho Estrela
(1867–1952)	2 January
1920	3 April
1923
[[File:AlbanoAPD1876.jpg	80px]]	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.
	João Menezes
(1854–1942)	2 January
1926	2 July
1926
53	[[File:José Vicente de Freitas.JPG	80px]]	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.
55		Adriano Macedo
(1870–1933)	17 February
1932	19 May 1932
1932
Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo.
	Henrique Lima
(1876–1953)	18 February
1934	31 December
1934
	Daniel Sousa
(1867–1958)	31 December
1934	31 December
1937
[[File:Duarte Pacheco (cropped).jpg	80px]]	Duarte Pacheco
(1900–1943)	3 January
1938	16 November
1943
	Eduardo Carvalho
(1891–1970)	25 March
1938	4 March
1944
	Álvaro Barreto
(1890–1975)	6 March
1944	28 March
1959
	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.
	António Sebastião
(1919–2005)	27 October
1972	7 May
1974
	João Conceição
(1927–)	7 May
1974	2 September
1974
	Joaquim Rodrigues
(1925–2004)	2 September
1974	19 November
1975
	Lino Ferreira
(1936–)	18 December
1975	30 December
1976
Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	67		Aquilino Machado
(1930–2012)	4 January
1977	8 January
1980	Socialist
1976
First democratically elected Mayor of Lisbon after the Carnation Revolution.
[[File:Nuno Krus Abecasis - cartão de filiado no CDS-PP (cropped).png	80px]]	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. 1988 Chiado fire. Chose to retire and did not contest the 1989 election.
Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	69	[[File:Jorge Sampaio 3.jpg	80px]]	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.
Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	70	[[File:João Soares Senate of Poland.JPG	80px]]	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.
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	71	[[File:Pedro Santana Lopes 01.jpg	80px]]	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.
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	72	[[File:António Carmona Rodrigues.png	80px]]	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.
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	73	[[File:Pedro Santana Lopes 01.jpg	80px]]	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.
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	74	[[File:António Carmona Rodrigues.png	80px]]	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.
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	75		Marina Ferreira
(1959–)	18 May
2007	31 July
2007	Social Democratic
—
Appointed Mayor as a result of Carmona Rodrigues' departure.
Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	76	[[File:António Costa img 6495.jpg	107x107px]]	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.
Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	77	[[File:(Fernando Medina) Web Summit 2018 - Media PMM 9339 (30136649707) (cropped).jpg	107x107px]]	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.
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"	78	[[File:Carlos Moedas Web Summit 2021 - Opening night.jpg	104x104px]]	Carlos Moedas
(1970–)	18 October
2021	Incumbent	Social Democratic
2021, 2025
Former European Commissioner (2014–19). Elected in 2021. World Youth Day 2023. 2025 Ascensor da Glória derailment. Reelected in 2025.

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