The compositions of the bodies that politically represent Lisbon and its Metropolitan Area for the next four years have been defined.
Carlos Moedas already has his councilmen, the deputies are already installed in the Municipal Assembly and the Lisbon Metropolitan Area already has a new executive composition.
The compositions of the bodies that politically represent Lisbon and its Metropolitan Area for the next four years have been defined. As might be expected, the PS did not relinquish the presidency of the Municipal Assembly, where it has the largest number of deputies. The PS also chairs the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, with the elected President of this deliberative body that oversees the 18 municipalities being the socialist Carla Tavares, mayor of Amadora. In the City Council
Let's go in parts:
The councilors and their portfolios
Carlos Moedas decided to keep the Energy Transition and Climate Change portfolio and distributed the remaining responsibilities to councilors elected by the coalition he led:
Aldermen with portfolio:
- Carlos Moedas (Chair): Energy Transition and Climate Change
- António Anacoreta Correia (Vice President): Finance and Human Resources / Asset Management / Legal Department / Liaison to the Municipal Assembly / General Coordination.
- Joana de Castro Almeida: Urbanism / Transparency and Fighting Corruption
- Filipa Roseta: Housing / Municipal Works
- Diogo Moura: Culture / Economy and Innovation / Education / Participatory Budgeting / Relationship with the Parish Councils
- Angelo Pereira: Mobility / Transportation / Green Structure / Sports / Safety and Security / Information Systems / Urban Hygiene
- Laurinda Alves: Human and Social Rights
The new mayor of Lisbon is said to have tried to give portfolios to opposition councilors but without success, as the Diário de Notícias wrote. Fernando Medina and some members of his list for the Lisbon City Council for the coalition More Lisbon have decided not taking up the councillorship - Besides Medina came out the number two, Inês Lobo, and also Inês Ucha, and the independents Maria João Santos Rodrigues and Álvaro Machado de Amorim Pinto.
Councilors without portfolio:
- João Paulo Saraiva, Rui Tavares, Paula Marques, Miguel Gaspar, Inês Drummond, Pedro Anastácio e Cátia Rosaselected by the Mais Lisboa Coalition, formed by PS and Livre;
- João Ferreira e Ana Jaraelected by the CDU;
- Beatriz Gomes Diaselected by the BE.
The Municipal Deputies
Consisting of 75 deputies, including the 24 presidents of the parish councils, the Municipal Assembly is the deliberative body of the municipality. It has supervisory powers over the municipal executive and deliberates on the most important matters for the municipality, on the proposal of the City Council. In the Assembly, the PS has a majority - despite having directly elected 17 deputies (the same number as the PSD), the party won more parishes than the PSDSo it may seat more deputies in the House of Citizenship.
Rosário Farmhouse (PS) was elected President of the Municipal Assembly, by the elected municipal deputies, on September 26, in a session held at the Paços do Concelho (Town Hall). Get to know, below, all the new municipal deputies in Lisbon:
Municipal Deputies from the Socialist Party (PS) - 27:
- Maria do Rosário Farmhouse Simões Alberto - Independent
- José Maximiano de Albuquerque Almeida Leitão
- Manuel Malheiro Portugal Nascimento Lage
- Maria Simonetta Bianchi Aires de Carvalho Luz Afonso - Independent
- Patrocínia Conceição Alves Rodrigues Vale César
- Hugo Miguel Mateus Gaspar
- Rui Paulo da Silva Soeiro Figueiredo
- Pedro Roque Domingues - Independent
- Maria Irene dos Santos Lopes
- Hugo Alberto Cordeiro Lobo
- Duarte Paulo Meneses Marçal
- Miguel Alexandre Cardoso Oliveira Teixeira
- Luis José Morales de Los Rios Coelho
- Sofia Costa Escária - Independent
- Jorge Manuel Jacinto Marques - JF Ajuda
- Davide Miguel Santos Amado - JF Alcântara
- Silvino Esteves Correia - JF Beato
- Ricardo João Oliveira Marques - JF Benfica
- Pedro Miguel Tadeu Rocha Costa - JF Campo de Ourique
- Miguel Belo Marques - JF Campolide
- José António Deserto Videira - JF Marvila
- Carla Cristina Ferreira Madeira - JF Misericórdia
- Rute Sofia Florência Lima de Jesus - JF Olivais
- Ana Sofia Soares Ribeiro de Oliveira Dias da Silva Figueiredo - JF Penha de França
- Maria da Graça Resende Pinto Ferreira - JF Santa Clara
- Artur Miguel Claro da Fonseca Mora Coelho - JF Santa Maria Maior
- Natalina Nunes Esteves Pires Tavares de Moura - JF São Vicente
Municipal Deputies from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - 17:
- Carlos Manuel das Neves Reis dos Santos
- Carlos de Alpoim Vieira Barbosa
- Ana Maria de Campos Pedroso Mateus
- Sofia Margarida Vala da Rocha
- António Manuel Pimenta Prôa
- Maria Isabel Gonçalves Dias
- Américo Manuel de Brito Vitorino
- Francisco Américo Maurício Domingues
- Francisco Maria Oom Pimenta Peres
- José Manuel Amaral Lopes - JF Alvalade
- Fernando Manuel Moreno de Eça Braancamp - JF Areeiro
- Daniel da Conceição Gonçalves da Silva - JF Avenidas Novas
- Fernando Manuel Pacheco Ribeiro Rosa - JF Belém
- Luís Pedro Alves Caetano Newton Parreira - JF Estrela
- Ricardo Filipe Barreiros Mexia - JF Lumiar
- Vasco André Lopes Alves Veiga Morgado - JF Santo António
- José do Carmo Ataíde da Câmara - JF of S. Domingos de Benfica
Municipal Deputies from the Popular Party (CDS) - 7:
- Isabel Maria Mousinho de Almeida Galriça Neto
- Martim José Rosado Borges de Freitas
- Francisco Maria Rosa Fialho Camacho
- Margarida Isabel Paulino Bentes Penedo
- Margarida Maria da Silva Gonçalves Neto
- Maria Madalena Matambo Guerra Domingos Natividade - JF Arroios
- Carlos Francisco de Almeida Ardisson Domingos - JF Parque das Nações
Municipal Deputies of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) - 5:
- Maria Leonor Frazão Moniz da Silva
- Natacha Machado Amaro
- Pedro Miguel Teixeira Frias
- Fernando Garcia Lopes Correia - Independent
- Fábio Martins de Sousa - JF of Carnide
Bloco de Esquerda (BE) Municipal Deputies - 4:
- Isabel Cristina Rua Pires
- João Vasco Cruzeiro Oliveira Barata
- Maria Pinto de Carvalho Escaja Gonçalves
- Leonor Samara Rosas
Municipal Deputies of the Liberal Initiative Party (IL) - 3:
- Miguel Jesus Neves Ferreira da Silva
- Rodrigo Maria Santos de Mello Gonçalves
- Teresa's Angélique Inés
Municipal Deputies of the Enough Party (CH) - 3:
- Pedro Manuel de Andrade Pessanha Fernandes
- Bruno Seabra de Oliveira Mascarenhas Garcia
- Patricia Ana Pappamikail Branco de Almeida
Municipal Deputies of the Ecologist Party "Os Verdes" (PEV) - 1:
- Cláudia Alexandra de Sousa and Catarino Madeira
- José Luís Sobreda Antunes
Municipal Deputies of the Party People Animals Nature (PAN) - 1:
- António Morgado Valente
Municipal Deputies of the Land Party (MPT) - 1:
- José Inácio da Silva Ramos Antunes Faria
Municipal Deputies of the Monarchic Popular Party (PPM) - 1:
- Gonçalo Maria Pacheco da Câmara Pereira
Municipal Deputies of the Alliance Party (A) - 1:
- Jorge Nuno Fernandes Traila Monteiro de Sá
Municipal Deputies of the Free Party (L) - 1:
- Isabel Rendeiro Marques Mendes Lopes
Independent Municipal Deputies - 2:
- Miguel Farinha dos Santos da Silva Graça
- Daniela Fernanda Cartaxo Serralha
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Succeeding Fernando Medina as President of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (or, better, of the Lisbon Metropolitan Council) is Carla Tavares, also socialist and mayor of Amadora. Carla Tavares was unanimously elected for the 2021-2025 term at the council's first meeting, which took place on October 28.
The Metropolitan Council is the deliberative body of the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon (AML) and is composed of the Mayors of the 18 municipalities that make up the AML: Alcochete, Almada, Amadora, Barreiro, Cascais, Lisboa, Loures, Mafra, Moita, Montijo, Odivelas, Oeiras, Palmela, Seixal, Sesimbra, Setúbal, Sintra and Vila Franca de Xira. To wit:
- Fernando Pinto - Mayor of Alcochete, elected by the PS;
- Inês de Medeiros - Mayor of Almada, elected by the PS;
- Carla Tavares - Mayor of Amadora, elected by the PS;
- Frederico Costa Rosa - Mayor of Barreiro, elected by the PS;
- Carlos Carreiras - Mayor of Cascais, elected by the PSD/CDS;
- Carlos Moedas - Mayor of Lisbon, elected by the PSD/CDS;
- Ricardo Leão - Mayor of Loures, elected by the PS;
- Hélder Sousa Silva - Mayor of Mafra, elected by the PSD;
- Carlos Albino - Mayor of Moita, elected by the PS;
- Nuno Canta - Mayor of Montijo, elected by the PS;
- Hugo dos Santos Martins - Mayor of Odivelas, elected by the PS;
- Isaltino Morais - Mayor of Oeiras, independent;
- Álvaro Balseiro Amaro - Mayor of Palmela, elected by the PCP/PEV;
- Joaquim Santos - Mayor of Seixal, elected by the PCP/PEV;
- Francisco Jesus - Mayor of Sesimbra, elected by the PCP/PEV;
- André Valente Martins - Mayor of Setúbal, elected by the PCP/PEV;
- Basílio Horta - Mayor of Sintra, elected by the PS;
- Fernando Paulo Ferreira - Mayor of Vila Franca de Xira, elected by the PS.
With the PS having more municipalities than the PSD, one would expect that Carlos Moedas would not succeed Medina, even though the Metropolitan Council is usually chaired by the Mayor of Lisbon. Moedas only led the initial work of this first meeting.
