2026 Portuguese presidential election

2026 Portuguese presidential election

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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Portugal in January 2026. The election will elect the successor to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who is barred from running for a third term.

Several personalities have expressed that they are considering a candidacy, such as Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, commentator and former PSD leader Luís Marques Mendes, former PS leader António José Seguro, former minister António Vitorino, former prime-minister and PSD leader Pedro Santana Lopes, former deputy prime-minister and CDS-PP leader Paulo Portas, 2016 presidential candidate António Sampaio da Nóvoa and former President of the Assembly of the Republic Augusto Santos Silva.