Porto Municipal Chamber

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Porto Municipal Chamber

Câmara Municipal do Porto
Coat of arms of the city of Porto
Logo of the Câmara Municipal of Porto
Type
Type
Term limits
3[1]
History
Founded1614 (1614)(?)[2]
Leadership
President
Rui Moreira, Independent
since 20 October 2021
Vice President
Filipe Araújo, Independent
since 20 October 2021
Structure
Seats13
Political groups
Municipal Executive (7)
  Independent (7)

Opposition (6)

  PS (2)
  PSD (2)
  CDU (1)
  BE (1)
Length of term
Four years
Elections
Last election
26 September 2021
Next election
Sometime between 22 September and 14 October 2025[3]
Meeting place
Paços do Concelho do Porto
Website
www.cm-porto.pt

The Porto Municipal Chamber (Portuguese: Câmara Municipal do Porto) is the administrative authority in the municipality of Porto. It has 7 freguesias in its area of jurisdiction and is based in the city of Porto, on the Porto District. These freguesias are: Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde, Bonfim, Campanhã, Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, Paranhos and Ramalde.

The Porto City Council is the second largest in the country and is made up of 13 councillors,[4] representing different political forces. The first candidate on the list with the most votes in a municipal election or, in the event of a vacancy, the next candidate on the list, takes office as President of the Municipal Chamber.

  • Tomás da Silva Ferraz – (1822–1823)
  • Manuel Nunes Choça do Couto – (1823)
  • João Rodrigues de Oliveira Catalão – (1823–1826)
  • José Bento da Rocha e Melo – (1826–1828)
  • António da Cunha e Vasconcelos – (1828)
  • José Bento da Rocha e Melo – (1828–1829)
  • João Manuel Alexandrino de Vasconcelos – (1829–1830)
  • Francisco Ribeiro de Figueiredo – (1830–1832)
  • Arnaldo van Zeller – (1832–1833)
  • José Freire Pimentel de Mesquita e Vasconcelos – (1833)
  • António Alexandre Rodrigues de Oliveira – (1833–1834)
  • José da Silva Passos – (1834)
  • António Alexandre Rodrigues de Oliveira – (1834)
  • Vicente Ferreira de Novais – (1835)
  • João Manuel Teixeira de Carvalho – (1835)
  • Francisco da Rocha Soares – (1835–1836)
  • João José Coelho – (1836)
  • Manuel Pereira Guimarães – (1836)
  • Tadeu António de Faria – (1836–1837)
  • Luciano Simões de Carvalho – (1837–1838)
  • Miguel Joaquim Gomes Cardoso Júnior – (1839)
  • Francisco da Rocha Soares – (1840)
  • José Maria Ribeiro Pereira – (1840–1841)
  • Jerónimo Carneiro Geraldes – (1841–1842)
  • Visconde de Alpendurada – (1842–1846)
  • José da Silva Passos – (1846)
  • Manuel Joaquim Machado – (1846–1847)
  • Luís Brandão de Melo Cogominho Pereira de Lacerda – (1847)
  • Viscount of Alpendurada – (1847–1849)
  • Domingos Ribeiro de Faria – (1850–1851)
  • Viscount of Trindade – (1852–1855)
  • Viscount of Alpendurada – (1856–1858)
  • Count of Lagoaça – (1858–1865)
  • Francisco Pinto Bessa – (1866–1878)
  • António Pinto de Magalhães Aguiar – (1878–1881)
  • José Augusto Correia de Barros – (1881–1886)
  • José Frutuoso Aires de Gouveia Osório – (1887)
  • António de Oliveira Monteiro – (1887–1992)
  • António Ribeiro da Costa e Almeida – (1893–1896)
  • Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima – (1896–1898)
  • João Baptista de Lima Júnior – (1898–1900)
  • Venceslau de Sousa Pereira de Lima – (1990–1901)
  • Manuel de Sousa Avides – (1902–1905)
  • João Baptista de Lima Júnior – (1905–1906)
  • Jacinto da Silva Pereira Magalhães – (1907)
  • José Nunes da Ponte – (1907–1908)
  • Cândido Augusto Correia de Pinho – (1908–1911)
  • José Nunes da Ponte – (1910–1911)
  • Francisco Xavier Esteves – (1911–1913)
  • Adriano Augusto Pimenta – (1913)
  • Manuel de Morais e Costa – (1913–1914)
  • Henrique Pereira de Oliveira – (1914–1915)
  • Francisco Xavier Esteves – (1915)
  • Henrique Pereira de Oliveira – (1915–1917)
  • Augusto Pereira Nobre – (1918)
  • Artur Jorge Guimarães – (1918)
  • Augusto Cupertino de Miranda – (1918)
  • José Nunes da Ponte – (1918)
  • José Alves Bonifácio – (1918–1919)
  • Armando Manuel Marques Guedes – (1919)
  • José Gonçalves Barbosa de Castro Júnior – (1919–1920)
  • Eduardo Ferreira dos Santos Silva – (1920–1921)
  • António Joaquim de Sousa Júnior – (1921–1924)
  • José Pereira da Silva – (1925)
  • António Joaquim de Sousa Júnior – (1925)
  • Alberto de Aguiar – (1926)
  • Raul de Andrade Peres – (1926–1930)
  • Augusto de Sousa Rosa – (1930–1933)
  • José Alfredo Mendes de Magalhães – (1933–1936)
  • António Mendes Correia – (1936–1942)
  • João de Espregueira Mendes – (1942)
  • Albano do Carmo Rodrigues Sarmento – (1942–1944)
  • Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira – (1944–1945)
  • Luís José de Pina Guimarães – (1945–1949)
  • Francisco Nicolau de Sousa Dias Goulão – (1949)
  • Lucínio Gonçalves Presa – (1949–1953)
  • António de Oliveira Cálem – (1953)
  • José Albino Machado Vaz – (1953–1962)
  • Nuno Maria de Figueiredo Cabral Pinheiro Torres – (1962–1969)
  • António Fontes Veiga de Faria – (1969)
  • Nuno Henrique Macieira de Vasconcelos Porto – (1969–1974)
  • Artur Vieira de Andrade – (1974–1975)
  • Boaventura José Martins Ferreira – (1975)
  • Rogério Manuel de Castro Tavares – (1975–1976)
  • Aureliano Capelo Veloso – (1976–1980)[5]
  • Alfredo Coelho de Magalhães – (1979–1982)[5]
  • Paulo Vallada – (1982–1985)[5]
  • Fernando Cabral – (1985–1989)[5]
  • Fernando Manuel Gomes – (1989–1999)[5]
  • Nuno Cardoso – (1999–2001)[5]
  • Rui Rio – (2001–2013)[5]
  • Rui Moreira – (2013–2025)[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Perguntas Frequentes: Limitação de mandatos | Comissão Nacional de Eleições". www.cne.pt. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  2. ^ "História da Cidade | Câmara Municipal do Porto". www.cm-porto.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  3. ^ "Calendário | Comissão Nacional de Eleições". www.cne.pt. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  4. ^ "Lei Eleitoral dos Orgãos das Autarquias Locais" (PDF). July 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Presidentes da Câmara 1976 - 2017". Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses (anmp). p. 27. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  6. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Rui Moreira toma posse para último mandato no Porto a 20 de outubro". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-29.