List of presidents of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)

President of the Assembly of the Republic
Presidente da Assembleia da República
Emblem of the Assembly of the Republic
Flag of the Assembly of the Republic
Incumbent Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues since 23 October 2015
Style	Mr President (within the Assembly of the Republic) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Appointer	Assembly of the Republic
Term length	No term limit
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Portugal
Inaugural holder	Vasco da Gama Fernandes
Formation	3 June 1976; 45 years ago (1976-06-03)
Deputy	Edite Estrela Fernando Negrão José Manuel Pureza António Filipe
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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)	1935	1945	9–10 years	National Union
II
III
IV	2			1945	1961	15–16 years	National Union
V
VI
VII
VIII	3			1961	1969	7–8 years	National Union
IX
X	4			1969	1974	4–5 years	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	Incumbent	6 years, 127 days	Socialist
XIV

See also[]

• Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)

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