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LIST OF PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTS SINCE 1910

FIRST REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL 1910-1932:
Portugal became a republic in 1910 when the monarchy had been abolished.

President Teófilo Braga
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1910-1911: TEÓFILO BRAGA (Provisional President in 1915)
Born in 1843 in Ponta Delgada, the Azores to Joaquim Manuel Fernandes Braga and D. Maria José da Câmara Albuquerque.
Elected President of the Provisional Government in 1910.
Died in 1924 in Lisbon.
Buried firstly in the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon-Belém. Reburied in 1966 in the Church of Santa Engrácia (the National Pantheon) in Lisbon.

President Manuel de Arriaga
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1911-1915: MANUEL DE ARRIAGA
Born in 1840 in Horta, the Azores to Sebastião de Arriaga and D. Maria Antónia Pardal Ramos Caldeira de Arriaga.
Elected President in 1911, resigned in 1915.
Died in 1917 in Lisbon.
Buried firstly in the Dos Prazeres Cemetery in Lisbon. In 2004 reburied in the Church of Santa Engrácia (the National Pantheon) in Lisbon.

1915: TEÓFILO BRAGA

President Bernardino Machado
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1915-1917: BERNARDINO MACHADO (first term)
Born in 1851 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to António Luís Machado Guimarães and Praxedes de Sousa Guimarães.
Elected President in 1915, deposed in 1917 and exiled in France until 1919.
Reelected in 1926. Deposed in 1926 and exiled in France until 1940.
Died in 1944 in Porto.
Buried in the De Moço Morto Cemetery in Vila Nova de Famalicão.

President Sidónio Pais
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1918: SIDÓNIO PAIS
Born in 1872 in Caminha to Sidónio Alberto Marrocos Pais and Rita Júlia Cardoso da Silva.
Elected President in 1918.
Assassinated in 1918 in Lisbon.
Buried firstly in the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon-Belém. Reburied in 1966 in the Church of Santa Engrácia (the National Pantheon) in Lisbon.

President João do Canto e Castro
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1918-1919: JOÃO DO CANTO E CASTRO SILVA ANTUNES
Born in 1862 in Lisbon to José Ricardo da Costa Silva Antunes and D. Maria da Conceição do Canto e Castro Mascarenhas Valdez.
Appointed President in 1918.
Died in 1934 in Lisbon.
Buried in the Dos Prazeres Cemetery in Lisbon.

President António de Almeida
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1919-1923: ANTÓNIO JOSÉ DE ALMEIDA
Born in 1866 in Vale da Vinha (Penacova) to José António de Almeida and Maria Rita das Neves.
Elected President in 1919.
Died in 1929 in Lisbon.
Buried in the Do Alto de S. João Cemetery in Lisbon.

President Manuel Teixeira Gomes
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1923-1925: MANUEL TEIXEIRA GOMES
Born in 1862 in Vila Nova de Portimão to José Libânio Gomes and Maria da Glória Teixeira Gomes.
Elected President in 1923. Forced to resign in 1925 and exiled in Algeria.
Died in 1941 in Bougie, Algeria.
Buried firstly in the Christian Cemetery in Bougie, reburied in the Municipal Cemetery in Vila Nova de Portimão in 1950.

1925-1926: BERNARDINO MACHADO (second term)

President José Mendes Cabeçadas
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1926: JOSÉ MENDES CABEÇADAS
Born in 1883 in Loulé to José Mendes Cabeçadas and Maria da Graça Guerreiro.
Nominated President in 1926 but was deposed after a couple of weeks.
Died in 1965 in Lisbon.
Buried in the Dos Prazeres Cemetery in Lisbon.

President Manuel Gomes da Costa
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1926: MANUEL DE OLIVEIRA GOMES DA COSTA
Born in 1863 in Lisbon to Carlos Dias da Costa and Madalena de Oliveira.
Nominated President in 1926 but was deposed after a couple of weeks.
Died in 1929 in Lisbon.
Buried in the Do Alto de S. João Cemetery in Lisbon.

President Óscar Carmona
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1926-1933 ÓSCAR CARMONA
Born in 1869 in Lisbon to Inácio Maria Machado de Morais Carmona and Maria Inês de Fragoso Corte-Real.
Became President following a coup in 1926.
Died in 1951 in Lisbon.
Buried firstly in the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon-Belém. Reburied in 1966 in the Church of Santa Engrácia (the National Pantheon) in Lisbon.

SECOND REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL 1933-1974:

1933-1951 ÓSCAR CARMONA

President Francisco Craveiro Lopes
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1951-1958 FRANCISCO CRAVEIRO LOPES
Born in 1894 in Lisbon to João Carlos Craveiro Lopes and Júlia Clotilde Cristiano Salinas.
Nominated President in 1951.
Died in 1964 in Lisbon.
Buried in the Dos Prazeres Cemetery in Lisbon.

President Américo Rodrigues Tomás
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1958-1974 AMÉRICO RODRIGUES TOMÁS
Born in 1894 in Lisbon to António Rodrigues Tomás and Maria da Assunção Marques.
Elected President in 1958, reelected in 1965 and 1972.
Deposed in 1974 and exiled in Brazil until 1980.
Died in 1987 in Cascais.
Buried in the Da Ajuda Cemetery in Lisbon.

THIRD REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL SINCE 1974:

President António de Spínola
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1974: ANTÓNIO DE SPÍNOLA
Born in 1910 in Estremoz to António Sebastião Spínola and Maria Gabriela Alves Ribeiro.
Nominated President in 1974, resigned in the same year.
Died in Lisbon in 1996.
Buried in the Do Alto de S. João Cemetery in Lisbon.

President Francisco da Costa Gomes
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1974-1976: FRANCISCO DA COSTA GOMES
Born in 1914 in Chaves to António José Gomes and Idalina Júlia Monteiro da Costa.
Nominated President in 1974.
Died in Cascais in 2001.
Buried in the Do Alto de S. João Cemetery in Lisbon.

President António Ramalho Eanes
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1976-1986: ANTÓNIO RAMALHO EANES
Born in 1935 in Castelo Branco, Alcains to António dos Santos Eanes and Maria do Rosário Ramalho.
Elected President in 1976, reelected in 1980.

President Mário Soares
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1986-1996: MÁRIO SOARES
Born in 1924 in Lisbon to João Lopes Soares and Elisa Nobre Baptista.
Elected President in 1986, reelected in 1991.

President Jorge Sampaio
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

1996-2006: JORGE SAMPAIO
Born in 1939 in Lisbon to Arnaldo de Sampaio and Fernanda Bensaude Branco.
Elected President in 1996, reelected in 2001.

President Aníbal Cavaco Silva
(courtesy of Museu da Presidência da República)

FROM 2006: ANÍBAL CAVACO SILVA
Born in 1939 in Boliqueime (Loulé) to Teodoro Gonçalves Silva and Maria do Nascimento Cavaco.
Elected President in 2006.

RESIDENCES AND BURIAL PLACES OF PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTS SINCE 1910

RESIDENCES OF PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTS
(Only the most important and still existing residences are listed)

LISBON (Lisboa):
THE PALACE OF BELÉM (Palácio Nacional de Belém) - former royal palace, since 1911 the official residence of Portuguese presidents.

The Palace of Belém. ©ARB

CASCAIS:
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE WITHIN THE CITADEL (Cidadela de Cascais, o Palácio) - summer residence of Portuguese presidents, formerly a royal summer residence.

BURIAL PLACES OF PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTS

FAMALICÃO, DE MOÇO MORTO CEMETERY
(Vila Nova de Famalicão, Cemitério de Moço Morto, Túmulo dos Barões de Joane, Rua São Julião):
President Bernardino Machado (+1944)

LISBON, THE AJUDA CEMETERY (Lisboa, Cemitério da Ajuda, Calçada do Galvão):
President Américo Rodrigues Tomás (+1987)

LISBON, THE ALTO DE SAN JOÃO CEMETERY
(Lisboa, Cemitério do Alto de S. João, Parada do Alto de São João):
01. President António José de Almeida (+1929)

02. President Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (+1929)

03. President Francisco da Costa Gomes (+2001)
Buried in the Talhão dos Combatentes.

04. President António de Spínola (+1996)
Buried in the Cripta dos Combatentes.

LISBON, THE DOS PRAZERES CEMETERY (Lisboa, Cemitério dos Prazeres, Praça São João Bosco):
01. President Jaão do Canto e Castro Silva Antunes (+1934)

02. President José Mendes Cabeçadas (+1965)

03. President Francisco Craveiro Lopes (+1964) Jazigo 4012-Rua 16

LISBON, THE NATIONAL PANTHEON, CHURCH OF SANTA ENGRÁCIA
(Lisboa, Panteão Nacional, Igreja de Santa Engrácia, Campo de Santa Clara):

Tombs of presidents Teófilo Braga and Manuel de Arriaga. ©ARB

03. President Sidónio Pais (+1918)

04. President Óscar Carmona (+1951)

PORTIMÃO, THE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY (Vila Nova de Portimão, Cemitério Municipal de Portimão):
President Manuel Teixeira Gomes (+1941)

STANDARD OF PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTS

Portuguese presidential standard since 1910

REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL: DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1910