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list of presidents of Brazil
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This is a chronologically ordered list of Brazilian presidents. (See also Brazil; South America.)
- Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (1891)
- Floriano Peixoto (1891â94)
- Prudente JosĂ© de Morais Barros (1894â98)
- Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (1898â1902)
- Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1902â06)
- Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1906â09)
- Nilo ProcĂłpio Peçanha (1909â10)
- Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (1910â14)
- Venceslau BrĂĄs Pereira Gomes (1914â18)
- Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (1918â19)
- EpitĂĄcio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa (1919â22)
- Artur da Silva Bernardes (1922â26)
- Washington LuĂs Pereira de Sousa (1926â30)
- (military junta; 1930)
- GetĂșlio Dornelles Vargas (1st time; 1930â45)
- JosĂ© Linhares (1945â46)
- Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1946â51)
- GetĂșlio Dornelles Vargas (2nd time; 1951â54)
- JoĂŁo Fernandes Campos CafĂ© Filho (1954â55)
- Carlos Coimbra da Luz (1955)
- Nereu de Oliveira Ramos (1955â56)
- Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (1956â61)
- JĂąnio da Silva Quadros (1961)
- Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1st time; 1961)
- JoĂŁo Belchior Marques Goulart (1961â64)
- Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (2nd time; 1964)
- Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1964â67)
- Artur da Costa e Silva (1967â69)
- (military junta; 1969)
- EmĂlio GarrastazĂș MĂ©dici (1969â74)
- Ernesto Geisel (1974â79)
- JoĂŁo Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (1979â85)
- JosĂ© Sarney de AraĂșjo Costa (1985â90)
- Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (1990â92)
- Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco (1992â95)
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995â2003)
- Luiz InĂĄcio Lula da Silva (2003â11)
- Dilma Rousseff (2011â16)
- Michel Temer (2016â19)
- Jair Bolsonaro (2019â23)
- Luiz InĂĄcio Lula da Silva (2nd time; 2023â )
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.

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