Local elections were held in Portugal on 29 September 2013. The elections consisted of three types of elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities,namely the elections for the Municipal Chambers,whose winners are automatically elected mayors,similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP),the elections for the Municipal Assemblies,as well as the elections for the lower-level Parish Assemblies,whose winners are elected parish presidents. The latter were held separately in the more than 3,000 parishes around the country. The number of parishes had been reduced by over 1000 due to a local government reform undertaken by the Government led by Pedro Passos Coelho.
João Nuno de Lacerda Teixeira de Melo is a Portuguese lawyer,conservative politician who is serving as Minister of National Defence,also being a member of the Assembly of the Republic,elected by Porto constituency. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing the Democratic and Social Centre –People's Party (CDS-PP),of which he is president.
Miguel Reis Antunes Frasquilho is a Portuguese economist,politician,and executive,currently serving as Chairman of the Board of TAP Air Portugal,Portugal's flag carrier airline. He also serves on the Olympic Committee of Portugal.
Local elections in Portugal were held on 26 September 2021. The election consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities:the election for the Municipal Chamber,whose winner is automatically elected mayor,similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP);another election for the Municipal Assembly;and an election for the Parish Assembly,whose winner is elected parish president. This last one was held separately in the more than 3,000 parishes around the country. In the 2021 election,12.3 percent of incumbent mayors,38 to be precise,were barred from running for another term:23 from the PS,11 from the PSD,3 from CDU and one from the CDS–PP.
The 2022 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 28 May 2022. If no candidate achieved more than 50% of the votes in the first round,a second round would be held between the two most voted candidates in the first round on 4 June 2022,however,as only two candidates were on the ballot,Luís Montenegro and Jorge Moreira da Silva,a second round was not necessary.
The 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic ran from 28 March 2022 to 15 January 2024. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic,the legislative body of Portugal,was determined by the results of the 2022 Portuguese legislative election held on 30 January.
Snap legislative elections were held on 10 March 2024 to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 16th Legislature of Portugal. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election. The elections were called in November 2023 after Prime Minister António Costa's resignation following an investigation around alleged corruption involving the award of contracts for lithium and hydrogen businesses.
Carlos João Pereira is a Portuguese politician and economist. He is currently a member of the Portuguese Parliament and vice-president of the Socialist Party's parliamentary group. He was also a member of parliament and parliamentary leader of the PS in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira.
The 2017 Lisbon local election was held on 1 October 2017 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.
João Azevedo is a Portuguese MP and politician. He is a Member of the Portuguese Assembly in the 14th legislature for the Socialist Party (PS). He has a degree in Physical Education.
The 2013 Lisbon local election was held on 29 September 2013 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.
António Egrejas Leitão Amaro is a Portuguese jurist and politician. He has been Minister of Presidency since 2024,in the XXIV Constitutional Government,led by Luís Montenegro.
Sónia Cristina Silva dos Ramos is a Portuguese jurist,member of the Assembly of the Republic and politician. She was a member of the Assembly of the Republic in the XV legislature for the Social Democratic Party,elected by Évora,and was re-elected in the 2024 national election.
Eduardo Alexandre Ribeiro Gonçalves Teixeira is a Portuguese economist and politician. He was a member of the Assembly of the Republic,for the Social Democratic Party,in the XII and XIV legislature. He is a member of the City Council of Viana do Castelo,since 2021.
Ana Paula Mecheiro de Almeida Martins Silvestre Correia is a Portuguese pharmacist and politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister of Health in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.
Joaquim JoséMiranda Sarmento is a Portuguese university professor,economist and politician. He has been Minister of Finance since 2024,in the XXIV Constitutional Government,led by Luís Montenegro.
Ricardo Jorge Morgado da Costa is a Portuguese politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament since 2024. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party;part of the EPP Group. He also serves as President of the Municipal Assembly of Lamego since 2021.
Pedro Augusto Cunha Pinto is a Portuguese manager and politician. He served as vice-president of the Lisbon City Council,administrator of Lisboa Capital da Cultura,Metro de Lisboa,MARL,President of Lismarketing SGPS,and Administrator of Associação Parque Junqueira. He was also President of the Tourism Association of Lisbon (ATL) and Secretary-General of the Confederation of Regional Business Associations (CAER). He was the parliamentary coordinator of the PSD in the Eventual Commission for Monitoring the Measures of the Financial Assistance Program to Portugal. He was a Member of the European Parliament and a Member of the Portuguese Parliament. From 2015 to 2019,he was the president of the Board of Directors of the Assembly of the Republic.
Paulo Alexandre Matos Cunha is a Portuguese lawyer and politician,from the Social Democratic Party.
Hélder António Guerra de Sousa Silva is a Portuguese engineer and politician,from the Social Democratic Party. Between 2013 and 2024,he served as Mayor of Mafra. He was also a member of the Assembly of the Republic,between 2011 and 2013,elected by the Lisbon constituency.
