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This is a list of presidents of the Assembly of the Republic, the unicameral legislative body of Portugal.^[1]

List

The colors indicate the political affiliation of each president.

  National Union

  Socialist

  Social Democratic

  CDS – People's Party

Term	No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
President of the National Assembly (1933–1974)
I	1		José Alberto dos Reis (1875–1955)	10 January 1935	26 November 1945	10 years, 320 days	National Union
II
III
IV	2		Albino dos Reis	26 November 1945	25 November 1961	15 years, 364 days	National Union
V
VI
VII
VIII	3		Mário de Figueiredo	25 November 1961	19 September 1969 †	7 years, 328 days	National Union
IX
X	4		Carlos Monteiro do Amaral Neto	25 November 1969	25 April 1974	4 years, 151 days	National Union (renamed People's National Action in 1970)
President of the Constituent Assembly (1975–1976)
–	–		Henrique de Barros (1904–2000)	3 June 1975	2 April 1976	304 days	Socialist
President of the Assembly of the Republic (1976–present)
I	1		Vasco da Gama Fernandes (1908–1991)	29 July 1976	29 October 1978	2 years, 92 days	Socialist
	2		Teófilo Carvalho dos Santos (1906–1986)	30 October 1978	7 January 1980	1 year, 69 days	Socialist
	3		Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida (1924–2006)	8 January 1980	21 October 1981	1 year, 286 days	Social Democratic
II
	4		Francisco de Oliveira Dias (1930–2019)	22 October 1981	2 November 1982	1 year, 11 days	CDS – People's Party
	5		Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida (1924–2006)	3 November 1982	30 May 1983	208 days	Social Democratic
III	6		Manuel Tito de Morais (1910–1999)	8 June 1983	24 October 1984	1 year, 138 days	Socialist
	7		Fernando Amaral (1925–2009)	25 October 1984	12 August 1987	2 years, 291 days	Social Democratic
IV
V	8		Victor Crespo (1932–2014)	25 August 1987	3 November 1991	4 years, 70 days	Social Democratic
VI	9		António Barbosa de Melo (1932–2016)	7 November 1991	26 October 1995	3 years, 353 days	Social Democratic
VII	10		António de Almeida Santos (1926–2016)	31 October 1995	4 April 2002	6 years, 155 days	Socialist
VIII
IX	11		Mota Amaral (born 1943)	10 April 2002	16 March 2005	2 years, 340 days	Social Democratic
X	12		Jaime Gama (born 1947)	16 March 2005	21 June 2011	6 years, 97 days	Socialist
XI
XII	13		Maria da Assunção Esteves (born 1956)	21 June 2011	23 October 2015	4 years, 124 days	Social Democratic
XIII	14		Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (born 1949)	23 October 2015	29 March 2022	6 years, 157 days	Socialist
XIV
XV	15		Augusto Santos Silva (born 1956)	29 March 2022	25 March 2024	1 year, 362 days	Socialist
XVI	16		José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (born 1957)	27 March 2024	present	83 days	Social Democratic

See also

• Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)

References and footnotes