Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)

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.

Leader of the Opposition
Líder da Oposição
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Incumbent
Luís Montenegro

since 3 July 2022
Term lengthNo fixed term
While leader of the largest political party not in government
Inaugural holderFrancisco de Sá Carneiro
(of the Third Republic)
Formation23 July 1976 (informally)

List of Leaders of the Opposition

Colour key
(for political parties)

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Date Main Opposition Party Party Leader Prime Minister
23 July 1976 PSD Francisco Sá Carneiro Mário Soares
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
22 November 1978 Carlos Mota Pinto
1 August 1979 Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
3 January 1980 Francisco Sá Carneiro
4 December 1980 Diogo Freitas do Amaral (acting)
9 January 1981 Francisco Pinto Balsemão
9 June 1983 PCP Álvaro Cunhal Mário Soares
6 November 1985 PS Mário Soares Aníbal Cavaco Silva
13 November 1985 António Macedo
29 June 1986 Vítor Constâncio
6 November 1988 Jorge Sampaio
23 February 1992 António Guterres
28 October 1995 PSD Fernando Nogueira António Guterres
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
17 July 2004 Pedro Santana Lopes
24 September 2004 José Sócrates
12 March 2005 PSD Pedro Santana Lopes José Sócrates
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
23 July 2011 António José Seguro
22 November 2014 António Costa
26 November 2015 PSD Pedro Passos Coelho António Costa
18 February 2018 Rui Rio
3 July 2022 Luís Montenegro