Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira are the
heads of government for the autonomous local authority of
Madeira, 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 archipelago with its laws and democratic rights.
Following the first elections, held on 27 June 1976, the leader of the first party was installed as first President of the Regional Government of Madeira (
Jaime Ornelas Camacho
Jaime Ornelas Camacho (28 February 1921 – 24 February 2016) was a Portuguese politician. He was the first President of the Regional Government of Madeira and a member of the Madeiran branch of the centre-right Social Democratic Party. In 1978 ...
), responsible for forming his executive and cabinet to administer the functioning of the public service in Madeira.
Presidents
The numbering reflects the uninterrupted terms in office served by each president. For example,
Alberto João Jardim
Alberto João Cardoso Gonçalves Jardim, GCC, GCIH (, born 4 February 1943) is a Portuguese politician who was the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal, from 1978 to 2015. He is a controversial political figure in Portugal.
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served for ten consecutive terms and is counted as the second president (not the seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth president): the Roman numerals refer to the legislature that their terms encompassed.
Carlos Manuel de Azeredo and
Joaquim Miguel Duarte Silva served as presidents of the Regional Junta, the provisional government that functioned during the transition towards democracy.
The current President of the Regional Government of Madeira is
Miguel Albuquerque
Miguel Filipe Machado de Albuquerque (born 4 May 1961) is a Portugal, Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the current Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira, President of the ...
, whose party won the
2015 Madeira regional election on 29 March 2015.
The colors indicate the political affiliation of each President.
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Timeline
See also
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Regional Government of Madeira
The Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira is the local government of this Portuguese autonomous region.
The Regional Government is one of the two organs of self-government of the Autonomous Region along with the Regional Legislative A ...
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