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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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![]() Logo of the biggest party in opposition | |
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) |
Colour key (for political parties) |
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CDS – People's Party (CDS)
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Date (Start of term) | Main opposition party | Party Leader | Prime Minister (Term) | |||
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23 July 1976 | PSD | ![]() |
Francisco Sá Carneiro | Mário Soares (1976–1978) | ||
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 (1978) | ||
Carlos Mota Pinto (1978–1979) | ||||||
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (1979–1980) | ||||||
Francisco Sá Carneiro (1980) | ||||||
Diogo Freitas do Amaral (acting) (1980–1981) | ||||||
Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981–1983) | ||||||
9 June 1983 | PCP | ![]() |
Álvaro Cunhal | Mário Soares (1983–1985) | ||
6 November 1985 | PS | ![]() |
Mário Soares | Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1985–1995) | ||
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 (1995–2002) | ||
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 (2002–2004) | ||
Pedro Santana Lopes (2004–2005) | ||||||
24 September 2004 | ![]() |
José Sócrates | ||||
12 March 2005 | PSD | ![]() |
Pedro Santana Lopes | José Sócrates (2005–2011) | ||
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 (2011–2015) | ||
23 July 2011 | António José Seguro | |||||
22 November 2014 | ![]() |
António Costa | ||||
26 November 2015 | PSD | ![]() |
Pedro Passos Coelho | António Costa (2015–2024) | ||
18 February 2018 | ![]() |
Rui Rio | ||||
3 July 2022 | ![]() |
Luís Montenegro | ||||
2 April 2024 | PS | ![]() |
Pedro Nuno Santos | Luís Montenegro (2024–present) |
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