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)
Mayors of Lisbon
+ Portrait Prime minister Term of office Election Party StartEndDuration Constitutional Monarchy – Second Liberalism (1834–1910) Luís Melo da Silva Breyner(1801–1865) 1840 1840 — Independent Joaquim Bonifácio(1801–1865) 1840 1840 — Independent José Lourenço Gomes(1800–1882) 1840 1842 — Independent Joaquim Bandeira(1796–1856)18431845 — Independent Luís de Moura Cabral(1763–1847)18461847 — Independent Augusto Silva(1XXX–1XXX) 18471847 — Independent Gonçalo Vaz de Carvalho(1779–1869)18471849 — Independent Nuno Pereira Bastos(1XXX–1XXX) 18501852 — Independent Alberto Carvalho(1801–1878)18521853 — Independent Manuel Damasceno Monteiro(1818–1890) 18541858 — Independent Júlio de Oliveira Pimentel(1809–1884) 18581859 — Independent João de Saldanha Juzarte Figueira e Sousa(1811–1872) 18591860 — Independent António Esteves de Carvalho(1818–1864) 18601864 — Independent Manuel Almeida(1803–1873) 18641866 — Independent António de Melo Breyner Teles da Silva(1806–1894) 18661868 — Independent Luís de Carvalho Daun e Lorena(1828–1894)18681870 — Progressist António José de Saldanha Sousa(1836–1892) 1870 1871 — Independent Francisco Mendonça(1830–1882) 1872 1875 — Independent Luís Almeida e Albuquerque(1819–1906) 1876 1877 — Independent António José de Saldanha Sousa(1836–1892)18771877 — Independent Luís de Carvalho Daun e Lorena(1828–1894) 18771878 — Progressist José Elias Garcia(1830–1891) 18781878 — Reformist José da Rosa Araújo(1840–1893) 18781886 — Independent Fernando Osório Cabral(1850–1897) 18861890 — Regenerator Simões Margiochi(1848–1904) 18901890 — Regenerator Pedro Morais Sarmento(1829–1903) 18901891 — Independent Manuel Ottolini(1840–1898) 18911894 — Independent Pedro Augusto Franco(1833–1902) 18941897 — Progressist Zófimo Pedroso(1851–1910) 18971899 — Republican Pedro Augusto Franco(1833–1902) 18991901 — Progressist António José de Ávila(1842–1917) 1901 1902 — Independent António Castelo Branco(1842–1916) 1904 1907 — Independent Teodoro Basto(1839–1920) 19071907 — Independent José de Melo e Sousa(1858–1925) 19071908 — Regenerator António Castelo Branco(1842–1916) 1908 1908 — Independent First Republic (1910–1926) Anselmo Braamcamp Freire(1849–1921) 19101913 — Republican António Xavier Correia Barreto(1853–1939) 19131914 — Democratic João Catanho de Menezes(1854–1942) 19141914 — Democratic Eduardo Basto(1875–1942) 19141914 — Independent Henrique Vilhena(1879–1958) 19151915 — Independent João Carlos Costa Gomes(1868–1929) 19151918 — Independent Alfredo Gaspar(1865–1938) 19181918 — DemocraticJosé Carlos da Maia(1878–1921) 19181918 — National Republican Zeferino Falcão Pacheco(1856–1924) 19181918 — National Republican José Castro(1870–1954) 19181919 — Independent Alberto Ferreira Vidal(1871–1967) 19191919 — Independent Alfredo Gaspar(1865–1938) 19191920 — Democratic Agostinho Estrela(1867–1952) 19201923 — Independent Albano Portugal Durão(1871–1925) 19231925 — DemocraticSebastião Santos(1881–1939) 19251925 — Independent João Catanho de Menezes(1854–1942) 19261926 — Democratic Ditadura Nacional – Military Dictatorship (1926–1932)José Vicente de Freitas(1869–1952) 19261934 — Independent Eugénio Mardel Ferreira(1867–1947) 19271929 — Independent Estado Novo – New State (1932–1974) Adriano da Costa Macedo(1870–1933) 19321932 — Independent Henrique Linhares de Lima(1876–1953) 19341934 — Independent Daniel Rodrigues de Sousa(1867–1958) 19341937 — Independent Duarte Pacheco(1900–1943) 19381943 — National Union Eduardo Carvalho(1891–1970) 19381944 — Independent Álvaro Salvação Barreto(1890–1975) 19441959 — National Union António Vitorino Borges(1901–1986) 19591970 — National Union Fernando Santos e Castro(1922–1983) 19701972 — Independent António Silva Sebastião(1919–2005) 19721974 — Independent Third Republic (1974–present) João Lopes da Conceição(1927–) 19741974 — Independent Joaquim Caldeira Rodrigues(1925–2004) 19741975 — Independent Lino Góis Ferreira(1936–) 19751976 — Independent Aquilino Ribeiro Machado(1930–2012) 19771980 1976 Socialist Nuno Krus Abecasis(1929–1999) 1980 1990 1979 Democratic Social Center19821985 Jorge Sampaio(1939–2021) 19901995 1989 Socialist1993João Soares(1949–) 19952002 — Socialist1997Pedro Santana Lopes(1956–) 200220042001 Social Democratic Carmona Rodrigues(1956–) 20042005 — Social DemocraticPedro Santana Lopes(1956–) 20052005 — Social DemocraticCarmona Rodrigues(1956–) 200520072005 Social DemocraticMarina Ferreira(1959–) 20072007 — Social Democratic António Costa(1961–) 20072015 2007 Socialist20092013 Fernando Medina(1973–) 20152021 — Socialist2017 Carlos Moedas(1970–)2021Incumbent2021 Social Democratic2025
See also Lisbon City Hall Lisbon history and timeline Local elections in Portugal
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