List of First Ladies of Brazil
The list of First Ladies of Brazil gives an overview of all of Brazil's first ladies . The Portuguese-language name is Primeira-dama .
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Mariana da Fonseca | November 15, 1889 - November 23, 1891 | Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca |
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Josina Peixoto | November 23, 1891 - November 15, 1894 | Floriano Peixoto |
3 |
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Adelaide de Morais | November 15, 1894 - November 15, 1898 | Prudente de Morais |
4th |
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Ana Gabriela Campos Sales | November 15, 1898 - November 15, 1902 | Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales |
5 |
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Catita Alves | November 15, 1902 - October 1904 | Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves |
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Marieta Alves | October 1904 - November 15, 1906 | ||
6th |
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Guilhermina Pena | November 15, 1906 - June 14, 1909 | Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena |
7th |
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Anita Peçanha | June 14, 1909 - November 15, 1910 | Nilo Peçanha |
8th |
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Orsina da Fonseca | November 15, 1910 - November 30, 1912 | Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca |
Vacant; The president was a widower. | November 30, 1912 - December 8, 1913 | |||
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Nair de Tefé | December 8, 1913 - November 15, 1914 | |
10 |
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Maria Pereira Gomes | November 15, 1914 - November 15, 1918 | Venceslau Brás |
11 |
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Francisca Ribeiro | November 15, 1918 - July 28, 1919 | Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro |
12 |
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Mary Pessoa | July 28, 1919 - November 15, 1922 | Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa |
13 |
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Clélia Bernardes | November 15, 1922 - November 15, 1926 | Artur da Silva Bernardes |
14th |
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Sophia Pereira de Sousa | November 15, 1926 - October 24, 1930 | Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa |
Vacant; first military junta. | October 24, 1930 - November 3, 1930 | First military junta | ||
15th |
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Darcy Vargas | November 3, 1930 - October 29, 1945 | Getúlio Vargas |
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Luzia Linhares | October 30, 1945 - January 31, 1946 | José Linhares |
17th |
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Carmela Dutra | January 31, 1946 - October 9, 1947 | Eurico Gaspar Dutra |
Vacant; The president was a widower. | October 9, 1947 - January 31, 1951 | |||
18th |
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Darci Vargas | January 31, 1951 - August 24, 1954 | Getúlio Vargas |
19th |
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Jandira Cafe | August 24, 1954 - November 8, 1955 | João Café Filho |
20th |
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Graciema da Luz | November 8, 1955 - November 11, 1955 | Carlos Coimbra da Luz |
21st |
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Beatrice Ramos | November 11, 1955 - January 31, 1956 | Nereu Ramos |
22nd |
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Sarah Kubitschek | January 31, 1956 - January 31, 1961 | Juscelino Kubitschek |
23 |
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Eloá Quadros | January 31, 1961 - August 25, 1961 | Jânio Quadros |
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Sylvia Mazzilli | August 25, 1961 - September 7, 1961 | Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli |
25th |
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Maria Thereza Goulart | September 7, 1961 - April 2, 1964 | João Goulart |
26th |
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Sylvia Mazzilli | April 2, 1964 - April 15, 1964 | Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli |
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Antonietta Castelo Branco | April 15, 1964 - March 15, 1967 | Humberto Castelo Branco |
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Yolanda Costa e Silva | March 15, 1967 - August 31, 1969 | Artur da Costa e Silva |
Vacant; second military junta. | August 31, 1969 - October 30, 1969 | Second military junta | ||
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Scylla Médici | October 30, 1969 - March 15, 1974 | Emílio Garrastazu Médici |
30th |
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Lucy hostage | March 15, 1974 - March 15, 1979 | Ernesto Geisel |
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Dulce Figueiredo | March 15, 1979 - March 15, 1985 | João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo |
32 |
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Marly Sarney | March 15, 1985 - March 15, 1990 | José Sarney |
33 |
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Pink Collor | March 15, 1990 - December 29, 1992 | Fernando Collor de Mello |
Vacant; The president got divorced. | December 29, 1992 - January 1, 1995 | Itamar Franco | ||
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Ruth Cardoso | January 1, 1995 - January 1, 2003 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
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Marisa Letícia | January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2011 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Vacant; The president was divorced. | January 1, 2011 - August 31, 2016 | Dilma Rousseff | ||
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Marcela Temer | August 31, 2016 - January 1, 2019 | Michel Temer |
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Michelle Bolsonaro | since January 1, 2019 | Jair Bolsonaro |
Remarks
- Catita and Marieta Alves, the 5th First Ladies of Brazil, were the daughters of President Rodrigues Alves . His wife Ana Guilhermina de Oliveira Borges had died before he took office.
- There was no first lady between 1964 and 1967. President Castelo Branco was widower of Argentina Viana.
- There was no first lady between 1992 and 1995. President Itamar Franco was divorced from Ana Elisa Junerus.
- Between 2011 and 2016 there was no such person; President Dilma Rousseff had been divorced from Carlos Franklin Paixão de Araújo since 2000.