List Of Presidents Of Brazil (1891-2023)

On January 8, 2023 president Jair Bolsonaro who lost last year’s presidential election narrowly to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stormed the country’s Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential offices in the capital Brasilia. Here is the list of Brazilian presidents till the year 2023, find out about the tenure, updates, and more!

Stuti Titus Updated: Jan 9, 2023 18:03 IST

List Of Presidents Of Brazil 2023

The fifth largest country in the world, Brazil occupies half the continent’s landmass and is officially called the Federative Republic of Brazil, Portuguese República Federativa do Brasil. It is exceeded in size by Russia, Canada, China, and the United States, though its area is greater than that of the 48 conterminous U.S. states.

The political party system of Brazil began in the 1940s under President Getúlio Dorneles Vargas. He established the Social Democratic Party and the Brazilian Labour Party to buffer his weakening administration.

In the 1950s and early ’60s, a number of other parties were organized and entered elections but few gained influence. The military government took power in 1964 and in 1965 abolished all political parties and replaced them with a single government party, the National Renewal Alliance, and a lone opposition party, the Brazilian Democratic Movement.

In 1979 the government abolished these two organizations which allowed more parties to participate but still under restrictive regulations. In 1985, after the civilian government was restored Brazil again legalized all political parties, and a highly fragmented multi-party system emerged.

It was anchored by the Liberal Front Party, the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, and the Workers’ Party. Recently, on January 8, 2023 president Jair Bolsonaro who lost last year’s presidential election narrowly to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stormed the country’s Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential offices in the capital Brasilia.

Here is the list of Brazilian presidents (2023)

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List Of Brazilian Presidents (2023)

SNO.	PRESIDENT	TENURE
1.	Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca	1891
2.	Floriano Peixoto	1891–94
3.	Prudente José de Morais Barros	1898–1902
4.	Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales	1891
5.	Floriano Peixoto	1891–94
6.	Prudente José de Morais Barros	1894–98
7.	Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales	1898–1902
8.	Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves	1902–06
9.	Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena	1906–09
10.	Nilo Procópio Peçanha	1909–10
11.	Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca	1910–14
12.	Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes	1914–18
13.	Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro	1918–19
14.	Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa	1919–22
15.	Artur da Silva Bernardes	1922–26
16.	Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa	1926–30
17.	Getúlio Dornelles Vargas	1st time; 1930–45
18.	José Linhares	1945–46
19.	Eurico Gaspar Dutra	1946–51
20.	Getúlio Dornelles Vargas	2nd time; 1951–54
21.	João Fernandes Campos Café Filho	1954–55
22.	Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli	1st time; 1961
23.	João Belchior Marques Goulart	2nd time; 1964
24.	Carlos Coimbra da Luz	1955
25.	Nereu de Oliveira Ramos	1955–56
26.	Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira	1956–61
27.	Jânio da Silva Quadros	1961
28.	Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli	1st time; 1961
29.	Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco	1964–67
30.	Artur da Costa e Silva	1967–69
31.	Emílio Garrastazú Médici	1969–74
32.	Ernesto Geisel	1974–79
33.	João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo	1979–85
34.	José Sarney de Araújo Costa	1985–90
35.	Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello	1995–2003
36.	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	2nd time; 2023–

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FAQ

What powers does Brazilian president have?

The president controls the executive branch, represents the country abroad, and appoints the cabinet and, with the approval of the Senate, the judges for the Supreme Federal Court.

Who was the first Brazilian president?

Congress elected the then-head of the provisional government, Deodoro da Fonseca, as the first president of the republic. Marshal Floriano Peixoto, was elected by Congress to be the first vice president.