List of governors of the state of Rio de Janeiro

Coat of arms of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Palácio Laranjeiras , the governor's seat

The list of governors of the state of Rio de Janeiro gives an overview of the governors of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro .

The official seat of the civil governor is the Palácio Laranjeiras in Rio de Janeiro , which was renovated in 2013 .

New Republic (Sixth Republic, since 1985)

No.	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
53	Leonel de Moura Brizola	PDT	March 15, 1983	March 15, 1987
54	Moreira Franco	PMDB	March 15, 1987	March 15, 1991
55	Leonel de Moura Brizola	PDT	March 15, 1991	Apr 2, 1994
56	Nilo Batista	PDT	Apr 2, 1994	Jan. 1, 1995
57	Marcello Alencar	PSDB	Jan. 1, 1995	Jan. 1, 1999
58	Anthony Garotinho	PSB	Jan. 1, 1999	Apr 6, 2002
59	Benedita da Silva	PT	Apr 6, 2002	Jan. 1, 2003
60	Rosinha Garotinho	PMDB	Jan. 1, 2003	Jan. 1, 2007
61	Sérgio Cabral Filho	PMDB	Jan. 1, 2007	Apr 3, 2014
62	Luiz Fernando Pezão	PMDB	Apr 3, 2014	Jan. 1, 2019
63	Wilson Witzel	PSC	Jan. 1, 2019	28 Aug 2020