Chief of the Naval Staff (Portugal)

Chief of the Naval Staff
Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada
Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff
Incumbent Admiral Jorge Nobre de Sousa since 27 December 2024
Portuguese Navy
Abbreviation	CEMA
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Appointer	Minister of National Defence
Formation	24 November 1960
First holder	Sousa Uva
Deputy	Deputy Chief of Staff
Website	Official website

The Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Navy (Portuguese : Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada, acronym: C.E.M.A.) is the head of the Portuguese Navy and of the Maritime Authority System. The CEMA depends on the Minister of National Defense in terms of resources, and on the Army Chief of Staff for preparation and deployment. ^[1] The current Chief is Admiral Jorge Nobre de Sousa, since 27 December 2024.

List of chiefs

The following is a list of navy chiefs:

Second Portuguese Republic (1960–1974)

See also: Estado Novo (Portugal)

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Minister	Commander-in-Chief	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Admiral Sousa Uva	24 November 1960	8 January 1963	2 years, 45 days	Júlio Botelho Moniz António de Oliveira Salazar Manuel Gomes de Araújo  [ pt ]	Américo Tomás	[2]
2	Admiral Roboredo e Silva	9 January 1963	10 January 1970	7 years, 1 day	Manuel Gomes de Araújo  [ pt ] Horácio de Sá Viana Rebelo  [ pt ]	Américo Tomás	[2]

Post Carnation Revolution period (1974–present)

See also: Carnation Revolution

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Minister	Commander-in-Chief	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
3	Admiral Pinheiro Azevedo	26 April 1974	28 November 1975	1 year, 216 days	Mário Firmino Miguel  [ pt ] Vítor Alves Silvano Ribeiro  [ pt ] José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo	António de Spínola Francisco da Costa Gomes	[2]
4	Admiral Sousa Leitão	9 October 1978	21 November 1987	9 years, 42 days	Mário Firmino Miguel  [ pt ] José Loureiro dos Santos  [ pt ] Adelino Amaro da Costa Luís de Azevedo Coutinho  [ pt ] Diogo Freitas do Amaral Carlos Mota Pinto Rui Machete Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida Eurico de Melo  [ pt ]	António Ramalho Eanes Mário Soares	[2]
5	Admiral Ribeiro Pacheco	28 March 1994	1 April 1997	3 years, 4 days	Fernando Nogueira António Figueiredo Lopes António Vitorino	Mário Soares Jorge Sampaio	[2]
7	Admiral Vieira Matias	2 April 1997	2 April 2002	5 years, 0 days	António Vitorino José Veiga Simão  [ pt ] Jaime Gama Júlio Castro Caldas Rui Pena  [ pt ]	Jorge Sampaio	[2]
8	Admiral Mendes Cabeçadas	7 May 2002	4 November 2002	181 days	Paulo Portas	Jorge Sampaio	[2]
9	Admiral Vidal Abreu	25 November 2002	24 November 2005	2 years, 364 days	Paulo Portas Luís Amado	Jorge Sampaio	[2]
10	Admiral Melo Gomes	28 November 2005	28 November 2010	5 years, 0 days	Luís Amado Nuno Severiano Teixeira Augusto Santos Silva	Jorge Sampaio Aníbal Cavaco Silva	[2]
11	Admiral Saldanha Lopes	30 November 2010	29 November 2013	2 years, 364 days	Augusto Santos Silva José Pedro Aguiar-Branco	Aníbal Cavaco Silva	[2]
12	Admiral Macieira Fragoso	9 December 2013	9 December 2016	3 years, 0 days	José Pedro Aguiar-Branco José Alberto Azeredo Lopes	Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa	[2]
13	Admiral António da Silva Ribeiro	10 December 2016	28 February 2018	1 year, 80 days	José Alberto Azeredo Lopes	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa	[2]
14	Admiral António Maria Mendes Calado  [ pt ]	1 March 2018	27 December 2021	3 years, 301 days	José Alberto Azeredo Lopes João Gomes Cravinho	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa	[2]
15	Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo	27 December 2021	27 December 2024	3 years, 51 days	João Gomes Cravinho Helena Carreiras Nuno Melo	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa	[2]
16	Admiral Jorge Nobre de Sousa	27 December 2024	Incumbent	51 days	Nuno Melo	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

References

1. "Estrutura". Marinha (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-10-16.
2. "Galeria dos Chefes do Estado-Maior da Armada". Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.