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
Incumbent Luís Montenegro since 3 July 2022
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 (informally)

List of Leaders of the Opposition

Colour key (for political parties)
<span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:; color:">     Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)      Socialist Party (PS)      Social Democratic Party (PSD)      Democratic Alliance (AD)      Portugal Ahead (PàF)      Independent

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