President of the CDS – People's Party
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The president of the CDS – People's Party is highest position within the Portuguese CDS – People's Party (PSD). The current holder is Nuno Melo, who was elected to the position on 3 April 2022.[1]
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| President of the CDS – People's Party | |
|---|---|
| Status | Party leader |
| Inaugural holder | Diogo Freitas do Amaral |
| Formation | 19 July 1974 |
List of presidents of the CDS – People's Party
| Colour key (for political parties) |
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| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term in office | Election | Prime Minister | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||||
| 1 |  |
Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941–2019) |
Lisbon | 19 July 1974 |
20 February 1983 |
1974 | Vasco Gonçalves (1974–1975) | [2] | |
| José Pinheiro de Azevedo (1975–1976) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Mário Soares (1976–1978) | ||||||||
| 1978 | Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1978) | ||||||||
| Carlos Mota Pinto (1978–1979) | |||||||||
| Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1979–1980) | |||||||||
| Francisco Sá Carneiro (1980) | |||||||||
| himself (1980–1981) | |||||||||
| 1981 | Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981–1983) | ||||||||
| 2 |  |
Francisco Lucas Pires (1944–1998) |
Porto (1976–1979) Coimbra (1979–1983) Lisbon (1983–1987) |
20 February 1983 |
13 April 1986 |
1983 | [3] | ||
| Mário Soares (1983–1985) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1985–1995) | ||||||||
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Adriano Moreira (1922–2022) |
Bragança (1980–1983) Porto (1983–1987) Lisbon (1987–1995) |
13 April 1986 |
31 January 1988 |
1986 | [4] | ||
| 4 | |
Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941–2019) |
Lisbon | 31 January 1988 |
22 March 1992 |
1988 | [2] | ||
| 1990 | |||||||||
| 5 |  |
Manuel Monteiro (b. 1962) |
Porto (1985–1987) Braga (1995–1999) |
22 March 1992 |
22 March 1998 |
1992 | [5] | ||
| 1994 | |||||||||
| 1995 | |||||||||
| 1996 | António Guterres (1995–2002) | ||||||||
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Paulo Portas (b. 1962) |
Aveiro (1995–2015) Lisbon (2015–2016) |
22 March 1998 |
24 April 2005 |
1998 | [6] | ||
| 2000 | |||||||||
| 2002 | José Durão Barroso (2002–2004) | ||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
| Pedro Santana Lopes (2004–2005) | |||||||||
| José Sócrates (2005–2011) | |||||||||
| 7 |  |
José Ribeiro e Castro (b. 1953) |
Braga (1976–1979) Aveiro (1979–1980) Lisbon (1980–1983) Braga (1999–2002) Porto (2009–2015) Lisbon (2022) |
24 April 2005 |
21 April 2007 |
2005 | [7] | ||
| 2006 | |||||||||
| 8 | |
Paulo Portas (b. 1962) |
Aveiro (1995–2015) Lisbon (2015–2016) |
21 April 2007 |
13 March 2016 |
2007 | [6] | ||
| 2008 | |||||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||
| 2013 | Pedro Passos Coelho (2011–2015) | ||||||||
| António Costa (2015–2024) | |||||||||
| 9 | .jpg) |
Assunção Cristas (b. 1974) |
Leiria (2009–2019) Lisbon (2019–2020) |
13 March 2016 |
25 January 2020 |
2016 | [8] | ||
| 2018 | |||||||||
| 10 |  |
Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos (b. 1988) |
Porto (2019–2022) Lisbon (2022) |
25 January 2020 |
3 April 2022 |
2020 | |||
| 11 | |
Nuno Melo (b. 1966) |
Braga (1999–2009) Porto (since 2024) |
3 April 2022 |
Incumbent | 2022 | [9] | ||
| 2024 | Luís Montenegro (since 2024) | ||||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||
By time in office
| # | Name | Time in office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulo Portas | 1998–2005; 2007–2016 | 15 years, 360 days |
| 2 | Diogo Freitas do Amaral | 1974–1983; 1988–1992 | 12 years, 267 days |
| 3 | Manuel Monteiro | 1992–1998 | 6 years, 0 days |
| 4 | Nuno Melo | 2022–present | 4 years, 174 days (Incumbent) |
| 5 | Assunção Cristas | 2016–2020 | 3 years, 318 days |
| 6 | Francisco Lucas Pires | 1983–1986 | 3 years, 52 days |
| 7 | Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos | 2020–2022 | 2 years, 68 days |
| 8 | José Ribeiro e Castro | 2005–2007 | 1 year, 362 days |
| 9 | Adriano Moreira | 1986–1988 | 1 year, 293 days |