Presidents of Brazil - Definition and Overview

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 civil president
10 November 1896 to 4 March 1897		Manuel Vitorino Pereira	acting president for Prudente de Morais
15 November 1898 to 15 November 1902		Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
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 before a 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 a Electoral College)
Estado Novo (The New State) Dictatorship
1937 to 29 October 1945		Getúlio Dorneles Vargas	ditactor, 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	PDS	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'etat
24 August 1954 to 8 November 1955		Dr João Café Filho	acting president for Vargas. Renouced
9 November 1955 to 11 November 1955		Carlos Coimbra da Luz	acting president for Vargas. Renouced
11 November 1955 to 31 January 1956		Nereu de Oliveira Ramos	acting president for Vargas
31 January 1956 to 31 January 1961	PDS	Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
31 January 1961 to 25 August 1961	UDN	Jânio da Silva Quadros	renounced, alleging 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	called 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. Renouced by health problems and died
31 August 1969 to 30 October 1969		Military junta Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald Aurélio de Lira Tavares Márcio de Souza e Melo	ministers of navy, army, and military aeronautics. 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	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	civil president elected by an Electoral College. Died before inauguration
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	impeached and suspended
2 October 1992 to 1 January 1995	PMDB	Itamar Franco	acting President for suspended Collor
1 January 1995 to 31 Decembrer 2002	PSDB	Fernando Henrique Cardoso	first and second terms
1 January 2003 to present	PT	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Presidents of Brazil - Definition and Overview

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