President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
| President of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira | |
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| Presidente da Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira | |
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since 10 April 2025 | |
| Style | His/Her excellency |
| Nominator | 5–15 members of the legislature |
| Appointer | Legislative Assembly of Madeira; Elected by the majority of the members of the legislature |
| Term length | 4 years if the legislature is not dissolved sooner; No term limits |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Portugal |
| Inaugural holder | Emanuel Rodrigues |
| Formation | 19 July 1976 |
| Deputy | José Prada; Rafael Nunes |
| Website | alram.pt |
The president of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira is the speaker of the regional parliament of this autonomous region of Portugal.
The position was created in 1976 after the newly enacted Constitution of Portugal, which followed the 1974 Revolution, granted legislative autonomy to the Azores and Madeira archipelagoes, thus establishing the Portuguese Autonomous Regions and the respective governing bodies. It is analogous to the position of president of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores and both are equally 14th in the Portuguese order of precedence, being this the highest ranking position of any regional governing body.[1]
Following the first Madeiran regional elections the same year, which resulted in the Democratic Peoples' Party (now Social Democratic Party) having the majority of members of parliament, Emanuel Nascimento dos Santos Rodrigues was elected the first president of the Legislative Assembly. The position has since been held by members of the same party, which has never lost its majority. The current President is Rubina Leal, the first woman to hold the post.[2]
Two of the presidents were physicians (Nélio and Miguel Mendonça), two were/are lawyers (Rodrigues and Tranquada Gomes) and one (Leal) a Sociologist before taking office.
List of presidents
[edit]The colors indicate the political affiliation of each president.[3][4]
| Term | No. | President
(Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Legislative Assembly of Madeira (1976–present) | ||||||
| I | 1
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Emanuel Rodrigues (born 1943) |
19 July 1976 | 8 November 1984 | Social Democratic | |
| II | ||||||
| III | 2
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Nélio Mendonça (1930–2009) |
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8 November 1984 | 1994 | Social Democratic |
| IV | ||||||
| V | ||||||
3
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Miguel Mendonça (born 1935) |
1994 | 20 April 2015 | Social Democratic | ||
| VI | ||||||
| VII | ||||||
| VIII | ||||||
| IX | ||||||
| X | ||||||
| XI | 4
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José Tranquada Gomes (born 1958) |
|
20 April 2015 | 15 October 2019 | Social Democratic |
| XII | 5
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José Manuel Rodrigues (born 1960) |
15 October 2019 | 10 April 2025 | CDS – People's Party | |
| XIII | ||||||
| XIV | ||||||
| XV | 6
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Rubina Leal (born 1966) |
10 April 2025 | Incumbent | Social Democratic | |
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References and footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Lei das Precedências do Protocolo do Estado Português" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Rubina Leal tornou-se hoje a primeira mulher a assumir a presidência do parlamento da Madeira". Sapo24 (in Portuguese). Agência Lusa. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Presidentes Anteriores". Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Presidente – Nota Biográfica". Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.