The following is a list of individuals who have been elected to a political office in Portugal, who fall under the umbrella of LGBT identities, including gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgender individuals
Government ministers Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/gender identity Notes Ref. Carlos Lobo de Ávila(1860–1895) Minister of Public Works, Commerce and Industry 1883–1894GayFirst gay government minister António Fernando Cascais: O marquês de Valada e a tragicomédia da inversão. Lisbon: NOVA Lisbon University, 2018. (in Portuguese) Minister of Foreign Affairs 1894–1895 Adolfo Mesquita Nunes(born 1977) Secretary of State for Tourism 2013–2015 Gay Outed in 2018 Graça Fonseca(born 1971) Secretary of State of Administrative Modernisation 2015–2018 Lesbian Outed in 2017 Minister of Culture 2018–2022 Paulo Rangel(born 1968) Minister of State and Foreign Affairs 2024–present Gay Outed in 2021
National parliament Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/gender identity Notes Ref. Carlos Lobo de Ávila(1860–1895) Member of the Cortes 1878–1895 Gay First gay parliamentary member Paulo Rangel(born 1968) Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2005–2009 Gay First gay politician elected to the Assembly of the Republic; outed in 2021 Miguel Vale de Almeida(born 1960) Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2009–2011 Gay First openly gay politician elected to the Assembly of the Republic Mariana Mortágua(born 1986) Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2013–present Lesbian First lesbian member of the Assembly of the Republic Adolfo Mesquita Nunes(born 1977) Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2011–2013 Gay Outed in 2018 Sandra Cunha(born 1972) Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2015–2021 Lesbian Alexandre Quintanilha(born 1945) Member of the Assembly of the Republic 2015–2024 Gay
European Parliament Portrait Name Office Years in office Sexual orientation/gender identity Notes Ref. Paulo Rangel(born 1968) Member of the European Parliament for Portugal 2009–2024 Gay First gay member of the European Parliament representing Portugal; outed in 2021
Sub-national level Municipal councils and government Portrait Name Council Years in office Sexual orientation/gender identity Notes Ref. José de Meneses da Silveira e Castro(1826–1895) Civil Governor of Braga 1870, 1877–1878, 1884–1886 Gay or bisexual First gay or bisexual appointed government official; outed in 1881 Robert Howes, Robert: "Concerning the Eccentricities of the Marquis of Valada: Politics, Culture and Homosexuality in Fin-de-Siècle Portugal". Sexualities. vol. 5 (25), 2002, p. 25–48. Deputy Civil Governor of Lisbon 1881 Adolfo Mesquita Nunes(born 1977) Member of the Lisbon City Council 2002–2003 Gay Outed in 2018 Graça Fonseca(born 1971) Member of the Lisbon City Council 2009–2015 Lesbian Outed in 2017
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