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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 | |
|---|---|
.png){kind=small} 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) |
|---|
CDS – People's Party (CDS)
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| Date (Start of term) | Main opposition party | Party Leader | Prime Minister (Term) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | _(cropped).png) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 | .png) |
Luís Marques Mendes | ||||
| 28 September 2007 |  |
Luís Filipe Menezes | ||||
| 31 May 2008 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Manuela Ferreira Leite | ||||
| 26 March 2010 | .jpg) |
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 | _(cropped,_Rui_Rio).jpg) |
Rui Rio | ||||
| 3 July 2022 |  |
Luís Montenegro | ||||
| 2 April 2024 | PS | ,_cropped_(cropped-2).png) |
Pedro Nuno Santos | Luís Montenegro (2024–present) | ||
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