Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)
| Leader of the Opposition
Líder da Oposição | |
|---|---|
Logo of the biggest party in opposition | |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | No fixed term While leader of the largest political party not in government |
| Inaugural holder | Francisco de Sá Carneiro (of the Third Republic) |
| Formation | 23 July 1976 |
| Salary | €64,450 annually[1] (Only as an elected MP) |
The Leader of the Opposition (Portuguese: Líder da Oposição) is an unofficial honorary title given to the leader of the largest party in the Assembly of the Republic.
List of leaders of the opposition
| Colour key (for political parties) |
|---|
Socialist Party (PS)
Social Democratic Party (PSD)
CDS – People's Party (CDS)
Chega (CH)
Interim holder
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| Date (Start of term) | Main opposition party | Party Leader | Prime Minister (Term) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 1976 | PSD | Francisco Sá Carneiro | Mário Soares (1976–1978) | |||
| 16 April 1977 | António de Sousa Franco | |||||
| 15 April 1978 | José Menéres Pimentel | |||||
| 2 July 1978 | Francisco Sá Carneiro | |||||
| 29 August 1978 | PS | Mário Soares | Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1978) | |||
| Carlos Mota Pinto (1978–1979) | ||||||
| Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1979–1980) | ||||||
| Francisco Sá Carneiro (1980) | ||||||
| Diogo Freitas do Amaral (acting) (1980–1981) | ||||||
| Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981–1983) | ||||||
| 9 June 1983 | PCP | Álvaro Cunhal | Mário Soares (1983–1985) | |||
| 4 November 1985 | PS | António de Almeida Santos (interim) |
Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1985–1995) | |||
| 13 November 1985 | António Macedo (interim) | |||||
| 29 June 1986 | Vítor Constâncio | |||||
| 6 November 1988 | Jorge Sampaio | |||||
| 23 February 1992 | António Guterres | |||||
| 28 October 1995 | PSD | Fernando Nogueira | António Guterres (1995–2002) | |||
| 29 March 1996 | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | |||||
| 1 May 1999 | José Manuel Durão Barroso | |||||
| 6 April 2002 | PS | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues | José Manuel Durão Barroso (2002–2004) | |||
| Pedro Santana Lopes (2004–2005) | ||||||
| 24 September 2004 | José Sócrates | |||||
| 12 March 2005 | PSD | Pedro Santana Lopes | José Sócrates (2005–2011) | |||
| 10 April 2005 | Luís Marques Mendes | |||||
| 28 September 2007 | Luís Filipe Menezes | |||||
| 31 May 2008 | Manuela Ferreira Leite | |||||
| 26 March 2010 | Pedro Passos Coelho | |||||
| 21 June 2011 | PS | José Sócrates | Pedro Passos Coelho (2011–2015) | |||
| 23 July 2011 | António José Seguro | |||||
| 28 September 2014 | Maria de Belém Roseira (interim) | |||||
| 22 November 2014 | António Costa | |||||
| 26 November 2015 | PSD | Pedro Passos Coelho | António Costa (2015–2024) | |||
| 18 February 2018 | Rui Rio | |||||
| 3 July 2022 | Luís Montenegro | |||||
| 2 April 2024 | PS | Pedro Nuno Santos | Luís Montenegro (2024–present) | |||
| 24 May 2025 | Carlos César (interim) | |||||
| 3 June 2025 | CH | André Ventura | ||||
References
- ↑ Pinto, Salomé (2025-01-22). "Salário de Marcelo sobe 650 euros e Montenegro ganha mais 500 com fim dos cortes. Ordenados "ainda são baixos", dizem peritos". Eco (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-03.