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) |
|---|
CDS – People's Party (CDS)
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 | _(cropped).png) |
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 | .jpg) |
Álvaro Cunhal | Mário Soares (1983–1985) | ||
| 4 November 1985 | PS | .png){kind=small} |
António de Almeida Santos (interim) |
Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1985–1995) | ||
| 13 November 1985 | António Macedo (interim) | |||||
| 29 June 1986 | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
Luís Marques Mendes | ||||
| 28 September 2007 |  |
Luís Filipe Menezes | ||||
| 31 May 2008 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Manuela Ferreira Leite | ||||
| 26 March 2010 | .jpg) |
Pedro Passos Coelho | ||||
| 21 June 2011 | PS | |
José Sócrates | Pedro Passos Coelho (2011–2015) | ||
| 23 July 2011 | .png) |
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 | _(cropped%252C_Rui_Rio).jpg) |
Rui Rio | ||||
| 3 July 2022 |  |
Luís Montenegro | ||||
| 2 April 2024 | PS | %252C_cropped_(cropped-2).png) |
Pedro Nuno Santos | Luís Montenegro (2024–present) | ||
| 24 May 2025 | %252C_cropped.png) |
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.