National
Constitutional Court
- Portuguese: Tribunal Constitucional
Governs Portugal
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Source: parlamento.pt, checkedWho sits on it
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President of the Constitutional Court
Chosen by the Constitutional Court from among its members
- João Carlos Loureiro since June 2026
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10 judges of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly)
Elected by the Assembly of the Republic
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3 judges of the Constitutional Court (co-opted)
Chosen by the Constitutional Court from among its members
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Constitutional Court tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- João Carlos Loureiro as President of the Constitutional Court tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Afonso Patrão as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- António José da Ascensão Ramos as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Dora Lucas Neto as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Gabriela Cunha Rodrigues as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Joaquim Pedro Cardoso da Costa as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- José Eduardo Figueiredo Dias as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Luís Filipe Lameiras as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Maria Benedita Urbano as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Mariana Canotilho as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Paula Ribeiro de Faria as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Judge of the Constitutional Court (co-opted) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Carlos Carvalho as Judge of the Constitutional Court (co-opted) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- João Carlos Loureiro as Judge of the Constitutional Court (co-opted) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
- Rui Guerra da Fonseca as Judge of the Constitutional Court (co-opted) tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked
What it can do
- Review the constitutionality of laws
Rules on the constitutionality and legality of laws and other acts: preventive, abstract successive and concrete review (CRP arts. 221, 277-283).
- Oversee elections and parties
Judges electoral and party-registration disputes assigned to it by law, including presidential election validity and party registration (CRP art. 223(2)).
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Sources for what it can do
- Review the constitutionality of laws parlamento.pt · checked
- Oversee elections and parties parlamento.pt · checked
Sources
- parlamento.pt · checked Assembleia da República, Constituição da República Portuguesa (arts. 125, 128, 171, 222, 231 read; other articles cited from the text), read 2026-10-12: structure, selection methods, competences, mandate lengths. For: Constitutional Court, Constitutional Court in Portuguese, Review the constitutionality of laws, Oversee elections and parties
- tribunalconstitucional.pt · checked Tribunal Constitucional, Juízes (Plenário), read 2026-10-12: composition of 13 judges, President and Vice-President elected 2026-06-15, how each judge was chosen. For: President of the Constitutional Court, Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly), Judge of the Constitutional Court (co-opted), João Carlos Loureiro as President of the Constitutional Court, Afonso Patrão as Judge of the Constitutional Court (elected by the Assembly) and 12 more
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