Presidents of the Regional Government of the Azores are

heads of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a ...

for the autonomous local authority of the

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, since the Carnation Revolution that installed the democratic

Third Portuguese Republic The Third Portuguese Republic () is a period in the history of Portugal corresponding to the current democratic regime installed after the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974, that put an end to the paternal autocratic regime of ''Estado Nov ...

. The list below includes the leaders of the transitional regimes and those presidents designated after the institutionalization of the autonomy statute that provided the archipelago with its laws and democratic rights. Following the first elections, held on 8 September 1976, the leader of the first party was installed as first President of the Government of the Azores (

João Bosco Mota Amaral João Bosco Soares da Mota Amaral (born 15 April 1943, in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores) is a Portuguese politician. He served as President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal from 2002 to 2005 and President of the Autonomous Regio ...

), responsible for forming his executive and cabinet to administer the functioning of the public service in the Azores.

Presidents

The numbering reflects the uninterrupted terms in office served by each president. For example,

Carlos César Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César, Order of Christ (Portugal), GCC (born 30 October 1956) is a Portuguese politician and former President of the Regional Government of the Portugal, Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. He currently ser ...

served four consecutive terms and is counted as the third president (not the seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth presidents): the Roman numerals refer to the legislature that their terms encompassed. Altino Pinto de Magalhães served as the first and only president of the Regional Junta, the provisional government that functioned during the transition towards democracy. The Military Governor of the Azores, until 22 August 1975, he was selected to preside over the ''Junta Governativa dos Açores'' (''Governing Junta of the Azores''), a commission that developed the Azorean autonomy statute. This commission became extinct with the first duly elected Legislature and appointed Government of the Azores. The current President of the Government of the Azores is

José Manuel Bolieiro José Manuel Cabral Dias Bolieiro (born 23 June 1965) is a Portuguese Social Democratic Party (PSD) politician, serving as the President of the Regional Government of the Azores since the 2020 election. As holder of that office, he is also a me ...

, which forged a deal between all rightwing parties despite polling second place in the Azorean regional election on 25 October 2020. The colors indicate the political affiliation of each President. : : :

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