Chief of the Naval Staff (Portugal)

Chief of the Naval Staff
Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada
Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff
Incumbent
Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo
since 27 December 2021
 Portuguese Navy
AbbreviationCEMA
Reports toChief of the General Staff
AppointerMinister of National Defence
Formation24 November 1960
First holderSousa Uva
DeputyDeputy Chief of Staff
WebsiteOfficial website

The Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Navy (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada, acronym: C.E.M.A.) is the head of the Portuguese Navy and of the Maritime Authority System. The CEMA depends on the Minister of National Defense in terms of resources, and on the Army Chief of Staff for preparation and deployment.[1] The current Chief is Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, since 27 December 2021.

List of chiefs

The following is a list of navy chiefs:

Second Portuguese Republic (1960–1974)

See also: Estado Novo (Portugal)
No. Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Minister Commander-in-Chief Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Admiral Sousa Uva 24 November 1960 8 January 1963 2 years, 45 days Júlio Botelho Moniz

António de Oliveira Salazar

Manuel Gomes de Araújo [pt]

Américo Tomás [2]
2 Admiral Roboredo e Silva 9 January 1963 10 January 1970 7 years, 1 day Manuel Gomes de Araújo [pt]

Horácio de Sá Viana Rebelo [pt]

Américo Tomás [2]

Post Carnation Revolution period (1974–present)

See also: Carnation Revolution
No. Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Minister Commander-in-Chief Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
3 Admiral Pinheiro Azevedo 26 April 1974 28 November 1975 1 year, 216 days Mário Firmino Miguel [pt]
Vítor Alves
Silvano Ribeiro [pt]
José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo 		António de Spínola
Francisco da Costa Gomes 		[2]
4 Admiral Sousa Leitão 9 October 1978 21 November 1987 9 years, 42 days Mário Firmino Miguel [pt]
José Loureiro dos Santos [pt]
Adelino Amaro da Costa
Luís de Azevedo Coutinho [pt]
Diogo Freitas do Amaral
Carlos Mota Pinto
Rui Machete
Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida
Eurico de Melo [pt] 		António Ramalho Eanes
Mário Soares 		[2]
5 Admiral Ribeiro Pacheco 28 March 1994 1 April 1997 3 years, 4 days Fernando Nogueira

António Figueiredo Lopes

António Vitorino

Mário Soares

Jorge Sampaio

[2]
7 Admiral Vieira Matias 2 April 1997 2 April 2002 5 years, 0 days António Vitorino

José Veiga Simão [pt]

Jaime Gama

Júlio Castro Caldas

Rui Pena [pt]

Jorge Sampaio [2]
8 Admiral Mendes Cabeçadas 7 May 2002 4 November 2002 181 days Paulo Portas Jorge Sampaio [2]
9 Admiral Vidal Abreu 25 November 2002 24 November 2005 2 years, 364 days Paulo Portas

Luís Amado

Jorge Sampaio [2]
10 Admiral Melo Gomes 28 November 2005 28 November 2010 5 years, 0 days Luís Amado

Nuno Severiano Teixeira

Augusto Santos Silva

Jorge Sampaio

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

[2]
11 Admiral Saldanha Lopes 30 November 2010 29 November 2013 2 years, 364 days Augusto Santos Silva

José Pedro Aguiar-Branco

Aníbal Cavaco Silva [2]
12 Admiral Macieira Fragoso 9 December 2013 9 December 2016 3 years, 0 days José Pedro Aguiar-Branco

José Alberto Azeredo Lopes

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

[2]
13 Admiral
António da Silva Ribeiro 		10 December 2016 28 February 2018 1 year, 80 days José Alberto Azeredo Lopes Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa [2]
14 Admiral
António Maria Mendes Calado [pt] 		1 March 2018 27 December 2021 3 years, 301 days José Alberto Azeredo Lopes

João Gomes Cravinho

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa [2]
15 Admiral
Henrique Gouveia e Melo 		27 December 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 346 days João Gomes Cravinho Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa [2]

References

  1. ^ "Estrutura". Marinha (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Galeria dos Chefes do Estado-Maior da Armada". Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.