List of presidents of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
This list contains the presidents who have served the Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL), the Brazilian Academy of Literature in Rio de Janeiro, since 1897 .
| No. | portrait | Surname | from | to | comment |
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| 1 |
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Machado de Assis (1839-1908) | 1897 | 1908 | Eternal President |
| 2 |
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Ruy Barbosa (1849-1923) | 1908 | 1919 | |
| 3 | Domício da Gama (1862-1925) | 1919 | 1919 | ||
| 4th | Carlos de Laet (1847-1927) | 1919 | 1922 | ||
| 5 | Afrânio Peixoto (1876–1947) | 1922 | 1923 | First term | |
| 6th | Medeiros e Albuquerque (1867–1934) | 1923 | 1923 | ||
| 7th | Afrânio Peixoto (1876–1947) | 1923 | 1924 | Second term | |
| 8th | Afonso Celso (1860-1938) | 1925 | 1925 | First term | |
| 9 |
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Coelho Neto (1864-1934) | 1926 | 1926 | |
| 10 | Rodrigo Octavio (1866-1944) | 1927 | 1927 | ||
| 11 | Augusto de Lima (1859-1934) | 1928 | 1928 | ||
| 12 | Fernando Magalhães (1878–1944) | 1929 | 1929 | First term | |
| 13 | Aloísio de Castro (1881–1959) | 1930 | 1930 | First term | |
| 14th | Fernando Magalhães (1878–1944) | 1931 | 1932 | Second term | |
| 15th | Gustavo Barroso (1888-1959) | 1932 | 1933 | First term | |
| 16 | Ramiz Galvão (1846-1938) | 1933 | 1934 | ||
| 17th | Afonso Celso (1860-1938) | 1935 | 1935 | Second term | |
| 18th | Laudelino Freire (1873–1937) | 1936 | 1936 | ||
| 19th | Ataulfo de Paiva (1867–1955) | 1937 | 1937 | ||
| 20th | Cláudio de Sousa (1876–1954) | 1938 | 1938 | First term | |
| 21st | Antônio Austregésilo (1876–1960) | 1939 | 1939 | ||
| 22nd | Celso Vieira (1878–1954) | 1940 | 1940 | ||
| 23 | Levi Carneiro (1882–1971) | 1941 | 1941 | ||
| 24 | Macedo Soares (1883–1968) | 1942 | 1943 | ||
| 25th | Múcio Leão (1898–1968) | 1944 | 1944 | ||
| 26th | Pedro Calmon (1902–1985) | 1945 | 1945 | ||
| 27 | Cláudio de Sousa (1876–1954) | 1946 | 1946 | Second term | |
| 28 | João Neves da Fontoura (1887–1963) | 1947 | 1947 | ||
| 29 | Adelmar Tavares (1888–1963) | 1948 | 1948 | ||
| 30th | Miguel Osório de Almeida (1890-1952) | 1949 | 1949 | ||
| 31 | Gustavo Barroso (1888-1959) | 1950 | 1950 | Second term | |
| 32 | Aloísio de Castro (1881–1959) | 1951 | 1951 | Second term | |
| 33 | Aníbal Freire da Fonseca (1884–1970) | 1952 | 1952 | ||
| 34 | Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (1897-2000) | 1953 | 1954 | ||
| 35 | Rodrigo Octavio Filho (1892–1962) | 1955 | 1955 | ||
| 36 | Peregrino Júnior (1898-1983) | 1956 | 1957 | ||
| 37 | Elmano Cardim (1891–1979) | 1958 | 1958 | ||
| 38 | Austregésilo de Ataíde (1898–1993) | 1959 | 1993 | Longest term in office | |
| 39 | Abgar Renault (1901–1995) | 1993 | 1993 | ||
| 40 | Josué Montello (1917-2006) | 1993 | 1995 | ||
| 41 | Antônio Houaiss (1915–1999) | 1995 | 1996 | ||
| 42 |
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Nélida Piñon (* 1937) | 1996 | 1997 | First female president |
| 43 | Arnaldo Niskier (* 1935) | 1997 | 1999 | ||
| 44 | Tarcísio Padilha (* 1928) | 2000 | 2002 | ||
| 45 | Alberto da Costa e Silva (* 1931) | 2002 | 2004 | ||
| 46 | Ivan Junqueira (* 1934) | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Marcos Vilaça (* 1939) | 2006 | 2007 | First term | |
| 48 | Cícero Sandroni (* 1935) | 2007 | 2009 | ||
| 49 |
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Marcos Vilaça (* 1939) | 2010 | 2011 | Second term |
| 50 |
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Ana Maria Machado (* 1941) | 2012 | 2013 | Second female president |
| 51 | Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti (* 1929) | 2014 | officiating |
Web links
- List of Presidents on the ABL website , Portuguese