Gov[7] |
Start[7] |
End[7] |
Prime minister[7] |
Parties in Government |
Notes and main political events |
I |
1976-07-23 |
1978-01-23 |
|
Mário Soares |
PS |
1976 election (34.9%), minority government, motion of no confidence |
II |
1978-01-23 |
1978-08-29 |
PS + CDS |
Coalition government, President Ramalho Eanes dismisses the government |
III |
1978-08-29 |
1978-11-22 |
|
Alfredo Nobre da Costa |
Independent |
Nobre da Costa is appointed by President Ramalho Eanes to form government, government resigned |
IV |
1978-11-22 |
1979-07-07 |
|
Carlos Mota Pinto |
Mota Pinto is appointed by President Ramalho Eanes to form government, prime-minister resigns |
V |
1979-08-01 |
1980-01-03 |
|
Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo |
Lurdes Pintasilgo is appointed by President Ramalho Eanes to form a caretaker government |
VI |
1980-01-03 |
1981-01-09 |
|
Francisco Sá Carneiro, Diogo Freitas do Amaral[lower-alpha 1] |
AD (PSD + CDS + PPM) |
1979 election (45.3%) 1980 election (47.6%), Sá Carneiro's death, Diogo Freitas do Amaral (CDS) as interim prime-minister |
VII |
1981-01-09 |
1981-09-04 |
|
Francisco Pinto Balsemão |
Pinto Balsemão is chosen by his party (PSD) to replace Sá Carneiro, prime-minister resigned |
VIII |
1981-09-04 |
1983-07-09 |
Pinto Balsemão is chosen by his party to become prime-minister again, prime-minister resigned |
IX |
1983-07-09 |
1985-11-06 |
|
Mário Soares |
PS + PSD |
1983 election (36.1% + 27.2%), coalition government (Central Bloc) |
X |
1985-11-06 |
1987-08-17 |
|
Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
PSD |
1985 election (29.9%), minority government, motion of no confidence |
XI |
1987-08-17 |
1991-10-31 |
1987 election (50.2%) |
XII |
1991-10-31 |
1995-10-25 |
1991 election (50.6%) |
XIII |
1995-10-28 |
1999-10-25 |
|
António Guterres |
PS |
1995 election (43.8%), minority government |
XIV |
1999-10-25 |
2002-04-06 |
1999 election (44.1%), minority government, prime-minister resigned |
XV |
2002-04-06 |
2004-07-17 |
|
Durão Barroso |
PSD + CDS–PP |
2002 election (40.2% + 8.7%), coalition government, prime-minister resigned |
XVI |
2004-07-17 |
2005-03-12 |
|
Santana Lopes |
Santana Lopes nominated after Durão Barroso's resignation, parliament dissolved by President Jorge Sampaio, new election called |
XVII |
2005-03-12 |
2009-10-26 |
|
José Sócrates |
PS |
2005 election (45.0%) |
XVIII |
2009-10-26 |
2011-06-20 |
2009 election (36.6%), minority government, government resigned |
XIX |
2011-06-20 |
2015-10-30 |
|
Pedro Passos Coelho |
PSD + CDS–PP |
2011 election (38.7% + 11.7%), coalition government |
XX |
2015-10-30 |
2015-11-26 |
PàF (PSD + CDS–PP) |
2015 election (38.6%), minority government, motion of no confidence |
XXI |
2015-11-26 |
2019-10-26 |
|
António Costa |
PS |
President Cavaco Silva appoints the 2015 elections second largest party leader, minority government |
XXII |
2019-10-26 |
2022-03-30 |
2019 election (36.3%), minority government, budget rejection |
XXIII |
2022-03-30 |
2024-04-02 |
2022 election (41.4%), prime-minister resigned |
XXIV |
2024-04-02 |
Incumbent |
|
Luís Montenegro |
AD (PSD + CDS–PP) |
2024 election (28.8%), minority government |