List of mayors of Lisbon

This is a list of mayors of Lisbon (Portuguese: Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, CML, literally: "President of the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon", and also Portuguese: Presidente do Município de Lisboa, 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 Minister's position to dispute the 2007 elections, which he won).

Mayor	From	To	Party	Notes
Pedro Augusto Franco, 1º Conde do Restelo	1894	1896
Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso da Silva	1897	1898
Pedro Augusto Franco, 1º Conde do Restelo	1899	1901
António José de Ávila	1901	1903		2nd Count of Ávila and 2nd Marquis of Ávila and Bolama
António de Azevedo Castelo-Branco	1904	1906
Teodoro Ferreira Pinto Basto	1907	1907
José Adolfo de Melo e Sousa	1909	1909
Anselmo Braamcamp Freire	1909	1913
António Xavier Correia Barreto	1913	1913
João Catanho de Meneses	1914	1914
Eduardo Alberto Lima Basto	1914	1914
Henrique Jardim de Vilhena	1915	1915
João Carlos Alberto da Costa Gomes	1915	1917
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar	1918	1918
José Carlos da Maia	1918	1918
Zeferino Cândido Falcão Pacheco	1918	1918
José Tavares de Araújo e Castro	1918	1919
Alberto Ferreira Vidal	1919	1919
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar	1919	1920
Agostinho Inácio da Conceição Estrela	1920	1923
Albano Augusto de Portugal Durão	1923	1925
Sebastião da Costa Santos	1925	1925
José Vicente de Freitas	1926	1933		Appointed by the Government of the Ditadura Nacional
Adriano da Costa Macedo	1933	1934		Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo
Linhares de Lima	1934	1935		Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo
Daniel Rodrigues de Sousa	1935	1937		Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo
Duarte Pacheco	1938	1943		Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo, in addition to simultaneous the post of Minister for Public Works.
Eduardo Rodrigues de Carvalho				Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo
Álvaro Salvação Barreto	1944	1959		Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo
António Vitorino da França Borges	1960	1970		Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo
Fernando Augusto Santos e Castro	1970	1971		Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo
António Jorge da Silva Sebastião	1972	1974		Appointed by the Government of the Estado Novo
Joaquim Caldeira Rodrigues	1974	1975		Appointed by the Government of the Democratic Portuguese Third Republic
Lino José Góis Ferreira	1975	1977		Appointed by the Government of the Democratic Portuguese Third Republic.
Aquilino Ribeiro Machado	1977	1980	PS	First democratically elected mayor of Lisbon after the Carnation Revolution.
Nuno Krus Abecasis	1980	1989	CDS, also supported by PSD	Elected three times.
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio	1989	1996	PS, also supported by PCP	Elected twice. Resigned after being elected President of the Republic.
João Barroso Soares	1996	6 January 2002	PS, also supported by PCP	Replaced Sampaio. Elected in the following election (1997) but defeated by Pedro Santana Lopes (PSD) in 2001.
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes	6 January 2002	July 2004	PSD	Resigned in order to become Prime Minister, following Durão Barroso's resignation to become president of the European Commission.
António Pedro de Nobre Carmona Rodrigues	July 2004	15 March 2005	Non-partisan (supported by PSD)	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.
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes	15 March 2005	28 October 2005	PSD	Returned after having lost the legislative elections. Didn't run again (2005 local election).
António Pedro de Nobre Carmona Rodrigues	28 October 2005	17 May 2007	Non-partisan (supported by PSD)	Replaced Santana Lopes as PSD candidate and won 2005 local election. Removed from office (on 17 May 2007) after him and members of his cabinet were charged with presidency related criminal irregularities, in the first months of 2007. Disputed the mid-term election on July 15, 2007 without any party's support, but lost.
(appointed council)	17 May 2007	31 July 2007		Appointed transitional council until elections.
António Luís Santos da Costa	1 August 2007	6 April 2015	PS	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. Later became Prime Minister.
Fernando Medina Maciel Almeida Correia	6 April 2015	incumbent	PS	Formerly deputy mayor (2013-15), replaced António Costa.

References

• "Lisbon 2007-07-01 Elections announcement". Público (journal). Retrieved 13 March 2008.
• "Lisbon Pre-2007-07-01 Elections chronology". Retrieved 13 March 2008.