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The president of Brazil (Portuguese: presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: presidente da República Federativa do Brasil), or just president of the Republic (Portuguese: presidente da República) is the head of state and head of government of Brazil. They are also the chief executive of the executive branch of the Brazilian government and the commander in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces. The office was established in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Brazilian Empire and proclamation of a republic in 1889.
The 39th and current president is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was sworn in on 1 January 2023 and had previously served as the 35th president from 2003-2011.
Requirements[edit | edit source]
In order to be eligible for office, the Constitution of Brazil requires that a president be a native-born citizen of at least 35 years of age, a resident of Brazil, in full exercise of their electoral rights, a registered voter, and a member of a political party.[1]
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| Number | Name | Party | Term Began | Term Ended | Vice-President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deodoro da Fonseca | Unaffiliated | 15 November 1889 | 23 November 1891[Note 1] | Floriano Peixoto[Note 2] |
| 2 | Floriano Peixoto | Unaffiliated | 23 November 1891 | 15 November 1894 | Vacant |
| 3 | Prudente de Morais | PRF | 15 November 1894 | 15 November 1898 | Manuel Vitorino (PRF) |
| 4 | Campos Sales | PRP | 15 November 1898 | 15 November 1902 | Rosa e Silva (PRF) |
| 5 | Rodrigues Alves | PRP | 15 November 1902 | 15 November 1906 | Afonso Pena (PRM) |
| 6 | Afonso Pena | PRM | 15 November 1906 | 14 June 1909[Note 3] | Nilo Peçanha (PRF) |
| 7 | Nilo Peçanha | PRF | 14 June 1909 | 15 November 1910 | Vacant |
| 8 | Hermes da Fonseca | PRC | 15 November 1910 | 15 November 1914 | Venceslau Brás (PRM) |
| 9 | Venceslau Brás | PRM | 15 November 1914 | 15 November 1918 | Urbano Santos (PRM) |
| 10 | Delfim Moreira | PRM | 15 November 1918 | 28 July 1919 | Vacant |
| 11 | Epitácio Pessoa | PRM | 28 July 1919 | 15 November 1922 | Delfim Moreira (PRM)[Note 3]
Bueno de Paiva (PRM)[Note 4] |
| 12 | Artur Bernardes | PRM | 15 November 1922 | 15 November 1926 | Estácio Coimbra (PRB) |
| 13 | Washington Luís | PRP | 15 November 1926 | 24 October 1930[Note 5] | Melo Viana (PRM) |
| 14 | Getúlio Vargas | Unaffiliated | 3 November 1930 | 29 October 1945[Note 5] | Vacant |
| 15 | José Linhares[Note 6] | Unaffiliated | 29 October 1945 | 31 January 1946 | Vacant |
| 16 | Gaspar Dutra | PSD | 31 January 1946 | 31 January 1951 | Nereu Ramos (PSD)[Note 7] |
| 17 | Getúlio Vargas | PTB | 31 January 1951 | 24 August 1954[Note 3] | Café Filho (PSP) |
| 18 | Café Filho | PSP | 24 August 1954 | 8 November 1955 | Vacant |
| 19 | Carlos Luz[Note 6] | PSD | 8 November 1955 | 11 November 1955[Note 8] | Vacant |
| 20 | Nereu Ramos[Note 6] | PSD | 11 November 1955 | 31 January 1956 | Vacant |
| 21 | Juscelino Kubitschek | PSD | 31 January 1956 | 31 January 1961 | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 22 | Jânio Quadros | PTN | 31 January 1961 | 25 August 1961[Note 1] | |
| 23 | Ranieri Mazzilli[Note 6] | PSD | 25 August 1961 | 7 September 1961 | Vacant |
| 24 | João Goulart | PTB | 7 September 1961 | 2 April 1964[Note 5] | Vacant |
| 25 | Ranieri Mazzilli[Note 6] | PSD | 2 April 1964 | 15 April 1964 | Vacant |
| 26 | Castelo Branco | ARENA[Note 9] | 15 April 1964 | 15 March 1967 | José Maria Alkmin (ARENA) |
| 27 | Costa e Silva | ARENA | 15 March 1967 | 31 August 1969 | Pedro Aleixo (ARENA) |
| 28 | Emílio Médici | ARENA | 30 October 1969 | 15 March 1974 | Augusto Rademaker (ARENA) |
| 29 | Ernesto Geisel | ARENA | 15 March 1974 | 15 March 1979 | Adalberto Pereira (ARENA) |
| 30 | João Figueiredo | ARENA/PDS | 15 March 1979 | 15 March 1985 | Aureliano Chaves (ARENA/PDS) |
| 31 | José Sarney | MDB | 15 March 1985 | 15 March 1990 | Vacant |
| 32 | Fernando Collor | PRN | 15 March 1990 | 29 December 1992[Note 8] | Itamar Franco (MDB) |
| 33 | Itamar Franco | MDB | 29 December 1992 | 1 Janury 1995 | Vacant |
| 34 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | PSDB | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 2003 | Marco Maciel (PFL) |
| 35 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | PT | 1 January 2003 | 1 January 2011 | José Alencar (PL) |
| 36 | Dilma Rousseff | PT | 1 January 2011 | 31 August 2016[Note 8] | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| 37 | Michel Temer | MDB | 31 August 2016 | 1 January 2019 | Vacant |
| 38 | Jair Bolsonaro | PSL[Note 10]/PL[Note 11] | 1 January 2019 | 1 January 2023 | Hamilton Mourão (PRTB) |
| 39 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | PT | 1 January 2023 | Incumbent | Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) |