Governadores 1549/1553 Tomé de Sousa 1553/1558 Duarte da Costa 1558/1572 Mem de Sá 1573/1578 Luís de Brito y Almeida (na Bahia)
1574/1577 António Salema (no Rio de Janeiro)
Governadores-Gerais 1578/1581 Lourenço de Veiga 1581/1582 Junta (Cosme Rangel de Macedo/O bispo de Bahia) 1582/1587 Manuel Teles Barreto 1587/1590 Junta (António Barreiros/Cristobal de Barros/António Coelho de Aguilar) 1590/1602 Francisco de Sousa 1602/1608 Diogo Botelho 1608/1612 Diogo de Meneses e Siqueira (na Bahia) 1609/1611 Francisco de Sousa (no Rio de Janeiro) 1613/1616 Gaspar de Sousa 1616/1621 Luís de Sousa, conde do Prado 1621/1624 Diogo de Mendonça Furtado 1624/1625 Marcos Tejeira y Antón de Mesquita Oliveira 1625/1626 Francisco de Moura Rolim 1626/1635 Diogo Luís de Oliveira 1635/1638 Pedro da Silva, conde de São Lourenço 1639 Fernando de Mascarenhas, conde de Tôrre 1639/1640 Vasco de Mascarenhas, conde de Óbidos (1st time) 1640/1641 Jorge de Mascarenhas, marquês de Montalvão -Viceroy 1641/1642 Junta Provisória (Pedro da Silva/Luís Barbalho/Lourenço de Brito) 1642/1647 António Teles da Silva 1647/1650 António Teles de Meneses, conde de Vila Pouca de Aguiar 1650/1654 João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa, conde de Castelo Melhor 1654/1657 Jerônimo de Ataíde, conde de Atouguia 1657/1663 Francisco Barreto de Meneses 1663/1667 Vasco de Mascarenhas, conde de Óbidos 1667/1671 Alexandre de Sousa Freire 1671/1673 Afonso Furtado de Castro do Rio de Mendonça y Meneses, visconde de Barbacena 1675/1678 Junta Provisória (Augustín de Acevedo Monteiro/Álvaro de Azevedo/António Guedes) 1678/1682 Roque da Costa Barreto 1682/1684 António de Sousa de Meneses 1684/1687 António Luís de Sousa Telo de Meneses, marquês das Minas 1687/1688 Matias da Cunha 1688/1690 Manuel da Ressurreição (presidente da junta provisória) 1690/1694 António Luís Gonçalves da Câmara Coutinho 22 May 1694/3 Jul 1702 João de Lencastre (b. 1646/d. 1707) 3 Jul 1702/8 Sep 1708 Rodrigo da Costa (b. 1657/d. 1722) 8 Sep 1708/3 May 1710 Luís César de Meneses (b. 1653/d. 1720) 3 May 1710/14 Oct 1711 Lourenço de Almada (b. c.1650/d. 1729) 14 Oct 1711/13 Jul 1714 Pedro de Vasconcellos e Sousa (b. 1664/d. 1732) Vice-Reis 13 Jul 1714/11 Jun 1718 Pedro Antonio de Noronha Albuquerque (b. 1661/d. 1731) e Sousa, conde de Villa Verde, marquês de Angeja 21 Aug 1718/13 Oct 1719 Sancho de Faro e Sousa, (b. 1659/d. 1719) conde de Vimieiro -Governador-gerall 14 Oct 1719/23 Nov 1720/Junta Provisória (Sebastião Monteiro da Vide/Caetano de Brito e Figueiredo/João de Araújo e Azevedo) 23 Nov 1720/11 May 1735 Vasco Fernandes César de Meneses, (b. 1673/d. 1743) conde de Sabugosa 11 May 1735/17 Dec 1749 André de Melo e Castro, conde (b. 1668/d. 1753) das Galveias 17 Dec 1749/17 Aug 1754 Luís Pedro Peregrino de Carvalho (b. 1700/d. 1758) e Ataíde, conde de Atouguia 17 Aug 1754/23 Dec 1755 Junta Provisória (José Botelho de Matos – Manuel António da Cunha Souto Maior/Lourenço Monteiro) 23 Dec 1755/9 Jan 1760 Marcos José de Noronha e Brito, (b. 1712/d. 1768) conde dos Arcos 9 Jan 1760/4 Jul 1760 António de Almeida Soares e (b. 1699/d. 1761) Portugal, conde de Avintes, marquês de Lavradio 4 Jul 1760/27 Jun 1763 Junta Provisória (Tomás Rubi de Barros Barreto/José Carvalho de Andrada/Barros e Alvim) 27 Jun 1763/31 Aug 1767 António Álvares da Cunha, (b. c.1700/d. 1791) conde da Cunha 17 Nov 1767/4 Nov 1769 António Rolim de Moura Tavares, (b. 1709/d. 1782) conde de Azambuja 4 Nov 1769/30 Apr 1778 Luís de Almeida Portugal Soares, (b. 1729/d. 1790) conde e marquês de Lavradio 30 Apr 1778/9 May 1790 Luís de Vasconcellos e Sousa (b. 1742/d. 1809) 9 May 1790/14 Oct 1801 José Luís de Castro, (b. 1744/d. 1819) conde de Resende 14 Oct 1801/21 Aug 1806 José Fernandes de Portugal e (b. 1752/d. 1817) Castro, conde e marquês de Aguiar 14 Oct 1806/22 Jan 1808 Marcos de Noronha e Brito, (b. 1769/d. 1828) conde dos Arcos 22 Jan 1808/16 Dec 1815 Principe João de Bragança (b. 1767/d. 1826) Reis e Rainhas 16 Dec 1815/20 Mar 1816 Maria I (b. 1734/d. 1816) (desde 22 Jan 1808, quando fugiu para o Brasil) 16 Dec 1815/20 Mar 1816 Principe João de Bragança -Regent (s.a.) (regente pela incapacidade de Maria I) 20 Mar 1816/7 Sep 1822 João VI (s.a.) 7 Sep 1822/12 Oct 1822 Príncipe Pedro de Bragança -Regent (b. 1798/d. 1834) Imperadores¹ 12 Oct 1822/7 Apr 1831 Pedro I (s.a.) 7 Apr 1831/15 Nov 1889 Pedro II (b. 1825/d. 1891) 7 Apr 1831/18 Jun 1831 Regência provisória – José Joaquim Carneiro de Campos, (b. 1768/d. 1836) Res visconde e marquês de Caravelas – Nicolau Pereira de Campos Vergueiro (b. 1778/d. 1859) LM – Francisco de Lima e Silva (b. 1785/d. 1853) Mil 18 Jun 1831/12 Oct 1835 Regency – Francisco de Lima e Silva (s.a.) Mil – José da Costa Carvalho (b. 1796/d. 1860) LM – João Bráulio Muniz (b. 1796/d. 1835) LM (to 20 Sep 1835) 12 Oct 1835/19 Sep 1837 Diogo António Feijó -Regent (b. 1784/d. 1843) PL 19 Sep 1837/23 Jul 1840 Pedro de Araújo Lima -Regent (b. 1793/d. 1870) PC (provisional to 7 Oct 1838) 25 May 1871/31 Mar 1872 Princess Isabel (f)(1st time) -Regent (b. 1846/d. 1921) 26 Mar 1876/25 Sep 1877 Princess Isabel (f)(2nd time) -Regent (s.a.) 30 Jun 1887/22 Aug 1888 Princess Isabel (f)(3rd time) -Regent (s.a.) Presidentes 15 Nov 1889/23 Nov 1891 Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (b. 1827/d. 1892) Mil/Rep (head of Provisional Government to 25 Feb 1891) 23 Nov 1891/15 Nov 1894 Floriano Vieira de Araújo Peixoto (b. 1842/d. 1895) Mil/Rep (acting) 15 Nov 1894/15 Nov 1898 Prudente José de Morais Barros (b. 1841/d. 1902) PRP 10 Nov 1896/4 Mar 1897 Manuel Vitorino Pereira (b. 1853/d. 1902) PRP (acting for Morais) 15 Nov 1898/15 Nov 1902 Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (b. 1841/d. 1913) PRP 15 Nov 1902/15 Nov 1906 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (b. 1848/d. 1919) PRP (1st time) 15 Nov 1906/14 Jun 1909 Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (b. 1847/d. 1909) PRM 14 Jun 1909/15 Nov 1910 Nilo Procópio Peçanha (b. 1857/d. 1926) PRF 15 Nov 1910/15 Nov 1914 Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (b. 1855/d. 1923) Mil 15 Nov 1914/15 Nov 1918 Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes (b. 1868/d. 1966) PRM 15 Nov 1918/16 Jan 1919 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (s.a.) PRP (2nd time) 15 Nov 1918/28 Jul 1919 Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (b. 1868/d. 1920) PRM (acting [for Alves to 16 Jan 1919]) 28 Jul 1919/15 Nov 1922 Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (b. 1865/d. 1942) PRM 15 Nov 1922/15 Nov 1926 Artur da Silva Bernardes (b. 1875/d. 1955) PRM 15 Nov 1926/24 Oct 1930 Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (b. 1869/d. 1957) PRP 24 Oct 1930/3 Nov 1930 Augusto Tasso Fragoso (b. 1869/d. 1945) Mil (chairman Government Junta) 3 Nov 1930/29 Oct 1945 Getúlio Dorneles Vargas (1st time) (b. 1882/d. 1954)Non-party (head of Provisional Government to 20 Jul 1934) 29 Oct 1945/31 Jan 1946 José Linhares (b. 1886/d. 1957)Non-party 31 Jan 1946/31 Jan 1951 Eurico Gaspar Dutra (b. 1883/d. 1974) Mil/PSD 31 Jan 1951/24 Aug 1954 Getúlio Dorneles Vargas (2nd time) (s.a.) PTB 24 Aug 1954/31 Jan 1956 João Fernandes de Campos Café Filho (b. 1899/d. 1970) PTB 9 Nov 1955/11 Nov 1955 Carlos Coimbra da Luz (b. 1894/d. 1961) PSD (acting for Café) 11 Nov 1955/31 Jan 1956 Nereu de Oliveira Ramos (b. 1889/d. 1958) PSD (acting for Café) 31 Jan 1956/31 Jan 1961 Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (b. 1902/d. 1976) PSD 31 Jan 1961/25 Aug 1961 Jânio da Silva Quadros (b. 1917/d. 1992) UDN 25 Aug 1961/7 Sep 1961 Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1st time) (b. 1910/d. 1975) PSD (acting) 7 Sep 1961/1 Apr 1964 João Belchior Marques Goulart (b. 1919/d. 1976) PTB 1 Apr 1964/8 Apr 1964 Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (2nd time) (s.a.) PSD (acting) 8 Apr 1964/15 Mar 1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (b. 1900/d. 1967) Mil 15 Mar 1967/14 Oct 1969 Artur da Costa e Silva (b. 1902/d. 1969) Mil 14 Oct 1969/30 Oct 1969 Military junta (ministers of navy, army, and military aeronautics) (acting for Costa e Silva from 31 Aug 1969) – Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald (b. 1905/d. 1985) Mil – Aurélio de Lira Tavares (b. 1905/d. 1998) Mil – Márcio de Sousa e Mello (b. 1906/d. 1991) Mil 30 Oct 1969/15 Mar 1974 Emílio Garrastazú Médici (b. 1905/d. 1985)Mil/ARENA 15 Mar 1974/15 Mar 1979 Ernesto Geisel (b. 1907/d. 1996)Mil/ARENA 15 Mar 1979/15 Mar 1985 João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (b. 1918/d. 1999)Mil/ARENA 23 Sep 1981/12 Nov 1981 António Aureliano Chaves de Mendonça (b. 1929/d. 2003) ARENA (1st time)(acting for Figueiredo) 14 Jul 1983/25 Aug 1983 António Aureliano Chaves de Mendonça (s.a.) ARENA (2nd time)(acting for Figueiredo) 15 Mar 1985/21 Apr 1985 Tancredo de Almeida Neves (b. 1910/d. 1985) PMDB (underwent surgery and unable to take office) 15 Mar 1985/15 Mar 1990 José Sarney Costa (b. 1930) PMDB (vice president acting to 22 Apr 1985) 15 Mar 1990/29 Dec 1992 Fernando Alfonso Collor de Mello (b. 1949) PRN 2 Oct 1992/1 Jan 1995 Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco (b. 1930) PRN/Non-party (acting for suspended Collor to 29 Dec 1992) 1 Jan 1995/1 Jan 2003 Fernando Henrique Silva Cardoso (b. 1931) PSDB 1 Jan 2003/Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (b. 1945) PT