List of mayors of Lisbon

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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 Minicípio 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 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. Acumula o cargo com o de Ministro das Obras Públicas e Comunicações
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	Elected
Nuno Krus Abecassis	1980	1989	CDS	Elected
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio	1989	1996	PS	Elected. Left in order to become President of the Republic
João Barroso Soares	1996	6 January 2002	PS	Substituted the former. Elected in the following elections
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes	6 January 2002	July 2004	PSD	Elected. Left in order to become Prime Minister, appointed following Durão Barroso's resignation.
António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues	July 2004	15 March 2005	Independent with PSD	Substituted the former
Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes	15 March 2005	28 October 2005	PSD	Returned after having lost the legislative elections. Later resigned.
António Pedro Nobre Carmona Rodrigues	28 October 2005	17 May 2007	Independent without PSD	Substituted the former (again), who resigned. Elected in the following elections. Removed from office (in 17 May 2007) after him and members of his team were charged with presidency related criminal irregularities, in the first months of 2007. Disputed the 1 July 2007 elections, again as an independent, but lost.
(appointed council)	17 May 2007	31 July 2007		Appointed Transitional council until elections.
António Luís dos Santos da Costa	1 August 2007		PS	Elected in intermediate elections, for a 2-year half-term.

[edit] References

• "Lisbon 2007-07-01 Elections announcement". Público (journal). http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1293929&idCanal=. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
• "Lisbon Pre-2007-07-01 Elections cronology". http://www.esquerda.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2786&Itemid=64. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 

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