Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo
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| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| Order: | 110th (56th of the Republic, 8th since the Carnation Revolution) |
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| Term of Office | 1 August 1979 - 3 January 1980 |
| Predecessor: | Carlos da Mota Pinto |
| Successor: | Francisco Sá Carneiro |
| Date of Birth | 18 January 1930 |
| Place of Birth: | Abrantes |
| Date of Death | 10 July 2004 |
| Place of Death: | Lisbon |
| Husband: | Not married |
| Occupation: | Chemical-Industrial Engineer |
| Political Party: | Independent (later, Socialist) |
Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo, GCC, GCIH (pron. IPA [mɐ'ɾiɐ dɨ 'luɾdɨʃ pĩtɐ'siɫgu]; (full name Maria de Lurdes Ruivo da Silva Matos Pintasilgo) January 18, 1930-July 10, 2004) was the first woman (and the only to date) to serve as Prime Minister of Portugal.
A left-wing Catholic, she was close to the Socialist Party and was Minister of Social Affairs and then Ambassador to UNESCO before briefly serving as Prime Minister in 1979-1980. Afterwards she ran for President in 1986 and served in the European Parliament from 1987 to 1989.
She died of cardiac arrest at her home in the early hours of 10 July 2004.
| Prime Ministers of Portugal since the Carnation Revolution (1974) |  |
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| National Salvation Junta - Palma Carlos - Vasco Gonçalves - Pinheiro de Azevedo - Almeida Costa - Mário Soares - Nobre da Costa - Mota Pinto - Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo - Sá Carneiro - Freitas do Amaral - Pinto Balsemão - Mário Soares - Cavaco Silva - António Guterres - Durão Barroso - Santana Lopes - José Sócrates |
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