President of the Regional Government of the Azores
Presidente do Governo Regional dos Açores
Coat of arms of the Azores
Flag of the Azores
Incumbent José Manuel Bolieiro since 24 November 2020
Style	His/Her Excellency
Residence	Palace of Sant'Ana, Ponta Delgada
Appointer	Representative of the Republic
Term length	4 years (Legislative Assembly of the Azores may be dissolved sooner); renewable twice consecutively.[1]
Inaugural holder	João Bosco Mota Amaral
Formation	8 September 1976
Deputy	Artur Lima
Website	www.azores.gov.pt

The President of the Regional Government of the Azores is the head of the devolved government of the Azores archipelago, since the Carnation Revolution that established the current constitutional regime in Portugal and granted political autonomy to the Portuguese islands.

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

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, 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.

  Independent

  Social Democratic

  Socialist

Portrait	President (Lifespan)	Term of office			Election	Party		Government
		Start	End	Duration
Presidents appointed in the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution (1974–1976)
	Altino Pinto de Magalhães[a] (1922–2019)	27 August 1975	8 September 1976	1 year, 12 days	—		Independent	—
Presidents elected under the Constitution of the Republic (1976–present)
	João Bosco Mota Amaral (born 1943)	8 September 1976	20 October 1995	19 years, 42 days	1976		Social Democratic	I
					1980			II
					1984			III
					1988			IV
					1992			V
	Alberto Madruga da Costa (1940–2014)[2]	20 October 1995	9 November 1996	1 year, 19 days	—		Social Democratic	VI
	Carlos César (born 1956)	9 November 1996	6 November 2012	15 years, 362 days	1996		Socialist	VII
					2000			VIII
					2004			IX
					2008			X
	Vasco Cordeiro (born 1973)	6 November 2012	24 November 2020	8 years, 18 days	2012		Socialist	XI
					2016			XII
	José Manuel Bolieiro (born 1965)	24 November 2020	Incumbent	5 years, 100 days	2020		Social Democratic	XIII[b]
					2024			XIV

• President of the Regional Government of Madeira
• Regional Government of the Azores (in Portuguese)

Sources

• "Portugal: Azores". World Statesmen.org. 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.