List of LGBT politicians in Portugal

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The following is a list of individuals who have been elected to a political office in Portugal, who fall under the umbrella of LGBT identities, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender individuals

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Government ministers

PortraitNameOfficeYears in officeSexual orientation/
gender identity		NotesRef.
Carlos Orta Lobo d'Avila.jpg Carlos Lobo de Ávila
(1860–1895)		 Minister of Public Works, Commerce and Industry 1883–1894 Gay First gay government minister [1] [2]
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1894–1895
Adolfo Mesquita Nunes 05.jpg Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
(born 1977)		 Secretary of State for Tourism 2013–2015 Gay Outed in 2018 [3] [4]
Graca Fonseca (Sessao de Evocacao do Centenario de Amalia Rodrigues, no Panteao Nacional), cropped.png Graça Fonseca
(born 1971)		 Secretary of State of Administrative Modernisation 2015–2018 Lesbian Outed in 2017 [5] [6]
Minister of Culture 2018–2022
EPP Congress Bucharest - Day 1 IMG 9438 (53570859707) (cropped).jpg Paulo Rangel
(born 1968)		 Minister of State and Foreign Affairs 2024–present Gay Outed in 2021 [7] [8]

National parliament

PortraitNameOfficeYears in officeSexual orientation/
gender identity		NotesRef.
Carlos Orta Lobo d'Avila.jpg Carlos Lobo de Ávila
(1860–1895)		Member of the Cortes 1878–1895 Gay First gay parliamentary member [1] [2]
EPP Congress Bucharest - Day 1 IMG 9438 (53570859707) (cropped).jpg Paulo Rangel
(born 1968)		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2005–2009 Gay First gay politician elected to the Assembly of the Republic; outed in 2021 [7] [9]
Miguel Vale de Almeida in San Francisco.jpg Miguel Vale de Almeida
(born 1960)		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2009–2011 Gay First openly gay politician elected to the Assembly of the Republic [10] [11]
Mariana Mortagua, legislativas 2024 (53527512817) (cropped).jpg Mariana Mortágua
(born 1986)		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2013–present Lesbian First lesbian member of the Assembly of the Republic [12] [13]
Adolfo Mesquita Nunes 05.jpg Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
(born 1977)		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2011–2013 Gay Outed in 2018 [3] [14]
Sandra Cunha (Coming Out Premios Arco Iris 2019).jpg Sandra Cunha
(born 1972)		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2015–2021 Lesbian [15] [16]
Alexandre Quintanilha, 2015.png Alexandre Quintanilha
(born 1945)		Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2015–2024 Gay [17] [18]

European Parliament

PortraitNameOfficeYears in officeSexual orientation/
gender identity		NotesRef.
EPP Congress Bucharest - Day 1 IMG 9438 (53570859707) (cropped).jpg Paulo Rangel
(born 1968)		 Member of the European Parliament for Portugal2009–2024 Gay First gay member of the European Parliament representing Portugal; outed in 2021 [7] [8]

Sub-national level

Municipal councils and government

PortraitNameCouncilYears in officeSexual orientation/
gender identity		NotesRef.
Marquez de Vallada - Diario Illustrado (16Out1895).png José de Meneses da Silveira e Castro
(1826–1895)		 Civil Governor of Braga 1870, 1877–1878, 1884–1886 Gay or bisexual First gay or bisexual appointed government official; outed in 1881 [19]
Deputy Civil Governor of Lisbon 1881
Adolfo Mesquita Nunes 05.jpg Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
(born 1977)		Member of the Lisbon City Council2002–2003 Gay Outed in 2018 [3] [20]
Graca Fonseca (Sessao de Evocacao do Centenario de Amalia Rodrigues, no Panteao Nacional), cropped.png Graça Fonseca
(born 1971)		Member of the Lisbon City Council2009–2015 Lesbian Outed in 2017 [5] [21]

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  2. 1 2 António Fernando Cascais: O marquês de Valada e a tragicomédia da inversão . Lisbon: NOVA Lisbon University, 2018. (in Portuguese)
  3. 1 2 3 Filipe Santos Costa (18 February 2018). "Adolfo Mesquita Nunes: 'Acredito no mundo global e vivo muito bem nele'". expresso.pt (in Portuguese).
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  5. 1 2 Sonia Sapage (26 August 2017). "O gesto histórico de Graça Fonseca que também foi incómodo". pressreader.com (in Portuguese).
  6. ↑ "New ministers for Defence, Culture, Health and Economy". algarvedailynews.com. 14 October 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 "Rangel fala publicamente sobre a sua homossexualidade: 'Não é problema nenhum, é uma coisa que nunca escondi'". observador.pt (in Portuguese). 4 September 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Paulo Rangel". portal.gov.pl.
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  12. ↑ "Mariana Mortágua". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese).
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