List of Presidents of Brazil

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This is a list of the Presidents of Brazil.

Term Party Incumbent Notes
The Old Republic (1889-1930)
15 November 1889 to 25 February 1891 Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca Head of the provisional government, after leading a coup d'etat against the emperor. Renounced
25 February 1891to 23 November 1891 Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca Elected by an Electoral College.
23 November 1891 to 15 November 1894 Marshal Floriano Peixoto Acting president for Deodoro
15 November 1894 to 15 November 1898 Prudente José de Morais Barros First elected president, first civilian president.
10 November 1896 to 4 March 1897 Manuel Vitorino Pereira Acting president for Prudente de Morais.
15 November 1898 to 15 November 1902 Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles
15 November 1902 to 15 November 1906 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves
15 November 1906 to 14 June 1909 Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena Died in office
14 June 1909 to 15 November 1910 Dr Nilo Peçanha Acting president for Afonso Pena.
15 November 1910 to 15 November 1914 Marshal Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
15 November 1914 to 15 November 1918 Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes
1918 to 1918 Francisco e Paula Rodrigues Alves Died before innauguration.
15 November 1918 to 28 July 1919 Dr Delfim Moreira Acting President for Rodrigues Alves until new election.
28 July 1919 to 15 November 1922 Dr Epitácio da Silva Pessoa
15 November 1922 to 15 November 1926 Artur da Silva Bernardes
15 November 1926 to 24 October 1930 Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa
Revolution of 1930
24 October 1930 to 3 November 1930 Military Junta

General Augusto Tasso Fragoso General João de Deus Menna Barreto Admiral José Isaias de Noronha

After Revolution of 1930
3 November 1930 to 20 July 1934 Getúlio Dorneles Vargas Head of the Provisional Government.
20 July 1934 to 1937 Getúlio Dorneles Vargas Constitutional Government (elected by an Electoral College).
Estado Novo (The New State) – Dictatorship
1937 to 29 October 1945 Getúlio Dorneles Vargas Dictator, deposed by coup d'état.
The Second Republic
29 October 1945 to 31 January 1946 José Linhares Provisional president.
31 January 1946 to 31 January 1951 PSD General Eurico Gaspar Dutra Democratically elected.
31 January 1951 to 24 August 1954 PTB Getúlio Dornelles Vargas Democratically elected. Committed suicide in order to avoid a coup d'état.
24 August 1954 to 8 November 1955 Dr João Café Filho Acting president for Vargas. Renounced.
9 November 1955 to 11 November 1955 Carlos Coimbra da Luz Acting president for Vargas. Renounced.
11 November 1955 to 31 January 1956 Nereu de Oliveira Ramos Acting president for Vargas.
31 January 1956 to 31 January 1961 PSD Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
31 January 1961 to 25 August 1961 UDN/PTN Jânio da Silva Quadros Renounced, citing terrible forces against him.
25 August 1961 to 7 September 1961 Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli Provisional President.
7 September 1961 to 1 April 1964 PTB João Belchior Marques Goulart Popularly known as Jango. Deposed by a coup d'état.
Military Dictatorship
1 April 1964 to 8 April 1964 Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli Acting President.
8 April 1964 to 15 March 1967 ARENA Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
15 March 1967 to 31 August 1969 ARENA Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva Elected by an Electoral College. Deposed due to health problems and died soon after.
31 August 1969 to 30 October 1969 Military Junta

Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald Aurélio de Lyra Tavares Márcio de Souza e Mello

Ministers of navy, army, and air force. Acting for Costa e Silva.
30 October 1969 to 15 March 1974 ARENA General Emílio Garrastazu Médici Elected by an Electoral College.
15 March 1974 to 15 March 1979 ARENA General Ernesto Geisel Elected by an Electoral College.
15 March 1979 to 15 March 1985 ARENA/PDS João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo Elected by an Electoral College.
23 September 1981 to 12 November 1981 Aureliano Chaves Acting president for Figueiredo.
14 July 1983 to 26 August 1983 Aureliano Chaves Acting president for Figueiredo.
The New Republic
1985 PMDB Tancredo Neves Civilian president elected by an Electoral College. Died before innauguration.
15 March 1985 to 15 March 1990 PMDB José Sarney Acting president for Tancredo.
15 March 1990 to 29 December 1992 Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello Suspended from office. Renounced and subsequently impeached.
2 October 1992 to 1 January 1995 PMDB Itamar Franco Acting President for Collor.
1 January 1995 to 31 December 2002 PSDB Fernando Henrique Cardoso Carried out first and second terms.
1 January 2003 to present PT Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Popularly known as Lula

See also

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