List of heads of state of Brazil

President of the Federal Republic of Brazil
Standard of the President
Acting President Jair Bolsonaro since January 1, 2019
Official seat	Palácio do Planalto (workplace) Palácio da Alvorada (official residence)
Term of office	4 years (successive re-election easily possible)
Creation of office	November 15, 1889
Last choice	7/28 October 2018
Salutation	Most Excellent Mr. President of the Republic (formal) His Excellency (formal) Mr. President (informal)
Deputy	Vice President of Brazil
website	www.gov.br/planalto

Brazil waselevatedto a kingdom on December 16, 1815and became independent and empire on September 7, 1822. The monarchs came from the Portuguese Braganza dynasty . The monarchy was overthrown on November 15, 1889, and Brazil has been a republic ever since. As head of state , thepresident is also head of government .

Monarchy - kings and emperors

See also : House Braganza

Kings

Surname		Life dates	Term of office
Maria I.		1734-1816	December 16, 1815 - March 20, 1816
Johann VI.		1767-1826	March 20, 1816 - October 12, 1822

Emperor

Surname		Life dates	Term of office
Peter I.		1798-1834	October 12, 1822 - April 7, 1831 (abdication)
Peter II		1825-1891	April 7, 1831 - November 15, 1889 (dismissal)

Republic - Presidents

	Surname	image	Life dates	Term of office	cabinet	Elections)
1.	Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca		1827-1892	November 15, 1889 - November 23, 1891
2.	Floriano Peixoto		1842-1895	November 24, 1891 - November 15, 1894		1891
3.	Prudente de Morais		1841-1902	November 15, 1894 - November 15, 1898		1894
4th	Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales		1841-1913	November 15, 1898 - November 15, 1902		1898
5.	Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves		1848-1919	November 15, 1902 - November 15, 1906		1902
6th	Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena		1847-1909	November 15, 1906 - June 14, 1909		1906
7th	Nilo Peçanha		1857-1924	June 14, 1909 - November 15, 1910
8th.	Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca		1855-1923	November 15, 1910 - November 15, 1914		1910
9.	Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes		1868-1966	November 15, 1914 - November 15, 1918		1914
-	Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves		s. O.	died before taking office
10.	Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro		1868-1920	November 15, 1918 - July 28, 1919		1918
11.	Epitácio da Silva Pessoa		1865-1942	July 28, 1919 - November 15, 1922		1919
12.	Artur da Silva Bernardes		1875-1955	November 15, 1922 - November 15, 1926		1922
13.	Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa		1870-1957	November 15, 1926 - October 24, 1930		1926
-	Júlio Prestes		1882-1946	no taking office ( revolution )		1930
-	Military junta from: Augusto Tasso Fragoso José Isaías de Noronha João de Deus Mena Barreto		1869-1945 1874-1963 1874-1933	October 24, 1930 - November 3, 1930
14th	Getúlio Vargas		1882-1954	November 3, 1930 - October 29, 1945		1934 , 1938
15th	José Linhares		1886-1957	October 30, 1945 - January 31, 1946		1945
16.	Eurico Gaspar Dutra		1885-1974	January 31, 1946 - January 31, 1951
17th	Getúlio Vargas		s. O.	January 31, 1951 - August 24, 1954		1950
18th	João Café Filho		1899-1970	August 24, 1954 - November 8, 1955
19th	Carlos Coimbra da Luz		1894-1961	November 8, 1955 - November 11, 1955
20th	Nereu Ramos		1889-1958	November 11, 1955 - January 31, 1956
21st	Juscelino Kubitschek		1902-1976	January 31, 1956 - January 31, 1961		1955
22nd	Jânio Quadros		1917-1992	January 31, 1961 - August 25, 1961
23.	Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli		1910-1975	August 25, 1961 - September 7, 1961
24.	João Belchior Marques Goulart		1919-1976	September 7, 1961 - April 2, 1964 (impeachment)		1960
25th	Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli		1910-1975	April 2, 1964 - April 15, 1964
26th	Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco		1897-1967	April 15, 1964 - March 15, 1967		1964 , 1966
27.	Artur da Costa e Silva		1899-1969	March 15, 1967 - August 31, 1969	Cabinet Costa e Silva
-	Pedro Aleixo		1901-1975	according to the constitution as Vice President ( military dictatorship )
-	Military junta from: Aurélio de Lira Tavares Márcio de Souza Mello Augusto Rademaker		1905-1998 1906-1991 1905-1985	August 31, 1969 - October 30, 1969
28.	Emílio Garrastazu Médici		1905-1985	October 30, 1969 - March 15, 1974		1969
29	Ernesto Geisel		1907-1996	March 15, 1974 - March 15, 1979		1974
30th	João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo		1918-1999	March 15, 1979 - March 15, 1985		1978
-	Tancredo de Almeida Neves		1910-1985	died before taking office
31.	José Sarney		* 1930	March 15, 1985 - March 15, 1990		1985
32.	Fernando Collor de Mello		* 1949	March 15, 1990 - December 29, 1992		1989
33.	Itamar Franco		1930-2011	December 29, 1992 - January 1, 1995
34.	Fernando Henrique Cardoso		* 1931	January 1, 1995 - January 1, 2003		1994 , 1998
35.	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva		* 1945	January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2011		2002 , 2006
36.	Dilma Rousseff		* 1947	January 1, 2011 - August 31, 2016 (impeachment)	Cabinet Rousseff I , Cabinet Rousseff II	2010 , 2014
37.	Michel Temer		* 1940	August 31, 2016 - January 1, 2019	Cabinet Temer
38.	Jair Bolsonaro		* 1955	since January 1, 2019	Bolsonaro cabinet	2018